Alburnus sellal

• Main Authors: Eagderi, Soheil, Nikmehr, Nasrin, Freyhof, Jörg
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae; Alburnus; Alburnus sellal; Geiger; Turan; Vasil'eva; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4323667; https://zenodo.org/record/4323667

Alburnus sellal is a widespread species occurring in the Qweik River drainage in Turkey and the Persian Gulf basin in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran (Berg 1949, Özuluğ & Freyhof 2007, Freyhof et al. 2018). Alburnus zagrosensis was described from the Karun River drainage, which is a tributary of the lower Arvand River, the joint lower section of the Euphrates and Tigris. Alburnus sellal is widespread in the Karun River and its range is directly confluent with that of A. zagrosensis. The existence of minor molecular and morphological differences between populations of widespread freshwater fish species, including branched dorsal, anal and pelvic fin ray counts, colour pattern and adult size, is a well-studied phenomenon (Marcil et al. 2006). Although a single individual of A. zagrosensis differed from A. sellal in the number of scales between the lateral line and the dorsal-fin origin, we see no reason to consider A. zagrosensis as a valid species. In addition, data published in other studies confirm that A. sellal exhibits an even wider range in meristic characters than shown in the present study, all of which overlap with those of A. zagrosensis (Jalili et al. 2015, Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015, Freyhof et al. 2018). TABLE 3. Meristic data of Alburnus zagrosensis (* taken from Coad 2009, n=16, **IMNRF-1094, n=10) and Alburnus sellal (* taken from Freyhof et al . 2018, n=74, ** taken from Bogutskaya et al . 2000, n=38 (+=counted) ***; IMNRF- 1095, n=10; IMNRF-1560, n=19, IMNRF-1561, n=15, IMNRF-1562, n=7) As we were unable to find any differences between A. zagrosensis and A. sellal , we see no argument to treat A. zagrosensis as a valid species. Therefore, we treat A. zagrosensis as junior synonym of A. sellal . Material examined. All from Iran. Materials used in the morphological analyses. Alburnus zagrosensis : IMNRF-1094, 10, 33.1–114.1 mm SL; Chahar Mahal-e-Bakhtiari prov.: Gandoman Lagoon3 km south of Hosein-Abad, 31°49'52.09"N51°4'39.22"E. Alburnus sellal : IMNRF-1095, 10, 92.9–109.5 mm SL; Kermanshah prov.: Leileh River1.5 km south of Kalash-e-Bakhan, 34°54'11''N46°12'29''E. — IMNRF-1560, 19, 85.1–1470 mm SL; Kordestan prov.: Doab River, 33°47'0.9''N28°12'25''E. — IMNRF-1561, 15, 80.1–115.6 mm SL; Kordestan prov.: Sirvan River1.5 km south of Bih-Kehreh, 35°23'42''N46°15'22''E. — IMNRF-1562, 9 (cleared and stained specimens), 65.5–114.5 mm SL; Kermanshah prov.: Dinevar River10 km north of Bistoon, 34°26'42''N47°26'47''E. Materials used for molecular analyses. Alburnus zagrosensis : IMNRF-1094-D, 2, Chahar Mahall-e-Bakhtiari prov.: Gandoman Lagoon near Hosein-Abad, 31°49'52.09"N51°4'39.22"E; GenBank accession numbers: MN 101762, MN 101763. : Published as part of Eagderi, Soheil, Nikmehr, Nasrin & Freyhof, Jörg, 2019, Alburnus zagrosensis, a junior synonym of Alburnus sellal (Teleostei: Leuciscidae), pp. 367-374 in Zootaxa 4652 (2) on pages 371-373, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/3998465 : {"references": ["Berg, L. S. (1949) Freshwater fishes of Iran and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute. The USSR Academy of Sciences, 8, 783 - 858. [in Russian]", "Ozulug, M. & Freyhof, J. (2007) Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18, 233 - 246.", "Freyhof, J., Kaya, C., Baycelebi, E., Geiger, M. & Turan, D. (2018) Generic assignment of Leuciscus kurui Bogutskaya from the upper Tigris drainage, and a replacement name for Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli (Teleostei: Leuciscidae). Zootaxa, 4410 (1), 113 - 135 https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4410.1.6", "Marcil, J., Swain, D. P. & Hutchings, J. A. (2006) Countergradient variation in body shape between two populations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Proceeding Biological Science, 22, 273 (1583), 217 - 223. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rspb. 2005.3306", "Jalili, P., Eagderi, S., Azimi, H. & Mousavi-Sabet, H. (2015) Osteological description of the southern king fish, Alburnus mossulensis from Iranian part of the Tigris River drainage. ABAH Bioflux, 7, 113 - 121.", "Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Khataminejad, S., Eagderi, S., Abbasi, K., Nasri, M., Jouladeh, A. & Vasil'eva, E. D. (2015) Alburnus amirkabiri (Teleostei), a new species of shemaya from the Namak Lake basin, Iran. Journal of Ichthyology, 55, 40 - 52. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 0032945215010129", "Coad, B. W. (2009) Alburnus zagrosensis n. sp., a new species of fish from the Zagros Mountains of Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 48, 63 - 70. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2009.10638367", "Bogutskaya, N. G., Kucuk, F. & Unlu, E. (2000) Alburnus baliki, a new species of cyprinid fish from the Manavgat River system, Turkey. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11 (1), 55 - 64."]}