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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Alburninae
Etymology: Alburnoides: From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known + particle Greek, oides = similar (Ref. 45335); qanati: Named after the qanat habitat where the species was found, now fast disappearing with the use of pump wells, and in recognition of the contribution to civilization made by the Iranian people through this innovative irrigation technique.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.8 - ?; depth range ? - 1 m (Ref. 81462). Subtropical; 21°C - ?, preferred ?

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Asia: Pulvar River system, Kor River in Iran.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81462); 7.3 cm SL (female)

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Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 40 - 41. Can be diagnosed by the combination of the following characters: eye large, the orbit width exceeding both the snout length and the interorbital width; scaled ventral keel behind the pelvic fins along the abdomen to the anus, commonly 43-47 lateral line scales to posterior margin of hypurals; 2.5-4.2 pharyngeal teeth; dorsal fin usually with 8½ branched rays; anal fin with 10-12½ branched rays; 40-41 total vertebrae, and the caudal vertebral region equal or longer then the abdominal with region, vertebral formulae 20+20 or 20+21 (Ref. 81462).

Encountered in qanat stream with clear and colorless water, conductivity 0.475 mS, slow to medium current, and bottom consisting of gravel and mud (Ref. 81462).

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Coad, B.W. and N.G. Bogutskaya, 2009. Alburnoides qanati, a new species of cyprinid fish from southern Iran (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 13:67-77. (Ref. 81462)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Alburnoides qanati Coad & Bogutskaya, 2009