Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944
Adana bleak
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Alburnus sellal adanensis Battalgazi, 1944
Conservation Status
Extinct (Freyhof et al., 2025; Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026)
Last record: 1940's (Freyhof et al., 2025:307); 1944 or before (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Seyhan River drainage, Turkey
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Battalgazi, F. (1944). Poissons nouveaux et peu connus de la Turquie. Rev. Facult. Sci. Univ. Instanbul, Sér. B: Sci. Nat., 4: 299-305.
Other references:
Bektas, Yusuf et al. (2020). Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the genus Alburnus Heckel, 1843 (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) in Turkey. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 31(7): 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2020.1791840
Birecikligil, Sevil Sungur and Ciçek, Erdoğan. (2011). Length-weight relationships for 16 freshwater fishes caught in tributaries of Euphrates and Orontes rivers in Gaziantep (southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27: 1131-1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01760.x
Birecikligil, Sevil Sungur, Yağcı Yücel, Şükran and Çiçek, Erdoğan. (2016). A Taxonomic Evaluation of Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 and Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 Based on Morphological Characters and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Pakistan J. Zool., 48(2): 465-473.
Freyhof, Jörg, Özuluğ, M., Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E. and Turan, D. (2018). Redescription of Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863, with comments on Alburnus sellal adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae). Zootaxa 4382(3): 573-582. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.8
Freyhof, Jörg and Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2026). Alburnus adanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T131027469A162539880. Accessed on 20 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. 307-308]
Romero, P. (2002). An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid, unpublished.
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