Alburnus selcuklui, A New Species of Cyprinid Fish from East Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Doğu Anadolu Bölgesinde Botan Çayının bir kolundan örneklenen ve yeni bir tür olan Alburnus selcuklui Anadoludaki diğer Alburnus türlerinden anal yüzgeç başlangıcının dorsal yüzgeç bitimine gore 0-4 pul geriden başlaması, yanal çizgi hattında 70-80+3-4 pul bulunması, 10-15 solungaç dikeni, 8½-9 dorsal yüzgeç yumuşak ışını, 11-12½ anal yüzgeç yumuşak ışını, burunun yuvarlak oluşu, belirgin epidermal yanal bant ve vücudun yan tarafında yanal çizgi ve altında siyah pigmentlerin bulunmaması ile ayırt edilir.

Alburnus selcuklui, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesinden Yeni Bir Cyprinid Türü, Türkiye (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Alburnus selcuklui, a new species from a branch of Botan stream of the River Tigris in East Anatolia Turkey, is distinguished from other Anatolian Alburnus species by the anal-fin origin 0-4 scales behind the base of the dorsal fin-base, 70-80 + 3-4 lateral line scales, 10-15 gill rakers, 8½-9 branched dorsal-fin rays, 11-12½ branched anal-fin rays, snout rounded, prominent epidermal lateral stripe and lateral body without black pigmentation along and below lateral line.

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