Transcaucasian spirlin
| Transcaucasian spirlin | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alburninae |
| Genus: | Alburnoides |
| Species: | A. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Alburnoides fasciatus (Nordmann, 1840) | |
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The Transcaucasian spirlin (Alburnoides fasciatus) is a fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in the Western Transcaucasia and rivers of the Black Sea coast in Turkey westward to the Kızılırmak River. It prefers rivers and streams with fast-running shallow water, over gravel, pebbles or rocks.
References
- ↑ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Alburnoides fasciatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T184456A1752612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T184456A1752612.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Alburnoides fasciatus" in FishBase. november 2012 version.
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