Alburnoides petrubanarescui Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009
Urmia spirlin, Khayateh-e Oromiyeh, Lapek
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Alburnoides petru Bǎnǎrescui Bogutskaya and Coad, 2009 (used by Jouladeh-Roudbar et al., 2020); Alburnoides petru Bǎnǎrescui (used by Jouladeh-Roudbar et al., 2020)
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered
Last record: 27 June 1962 (Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009:154)
Rediscovered in: September 2019 [by implication] (Kaya et al., 2020)
Previously considered possibly extinct (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al., 2020)
Distribution & Habitat
Urmia Lake basin, Iran
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Other references:
Freyhof, J. and Kaya, C. (2026). Alburnoides petrubanarescui. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T184458A1752744. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T184458A1752744.en. Accessed on 25 July 2026.
Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash and Kaya, Cüneyt. (2025). Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 [pp. 297-298]
Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H. R. and Doadrio, I. (2020). Ichthyofauna from Iranian freshwater: annotated checklist, diagnosis, taxonomy, distribution and conservation assessment. Zool Stud 59: 21. [Warning: 113MB file]
Kaya, C. (2020). New record of three freshwater fish species from a western drainage of Lake Urmia for the Turkish fauna. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 325-328. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.37.4.01
Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., & Doadrio, I. (2015). Review of the genus Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Iran with description of three new species from the Caspian Sea and Kavir basins. Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences 13(4): 299-331.