Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944
Adana bleak
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Alburnus sellal adanensis Battalgazi, 1944
Conservation Status
Extinct (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026)
Last record: 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 and Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2026). Alburnus adanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T131027469A162539880. Accessed on 20 July 2026.
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
Romero, P. (2002). An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid, unpublished.
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