DOI: 10.14798/71.2.640
Short communication, Note
FIRST RECORD OF Alburnus atropatenae (BERG, 1925) (CYPRINIDAE) IN NAMAK BASIN, CENTRAL IRAN
2013, 71 (2) p. 77-79
Somaye Khataminejad, Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, Masud Sattari, Saber Vatandoust
Abstract
Alburnus atropatenae Berg, 1925 is reported for the first time from the River Ghareh-Chay in the Namak basin, central Iran. Previously, this species has only been reported from the Lake Orumiyeh basin, in northwest Iran. In this report twenty-nine specimens were caught on 8 August 2012. Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the specimens were similar to those reported elsewhere for the species.
Keywords
first record, alburnus atropatenae, namak basin, ghareh-chay river