Department of Biology, College of Science, Shiraz University, P.O.Box: 71345-1585 Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
Cyprinids (Cyprinidae) with more than 93 confirmed species is the most diverse family among Iranian freshwater ichthyofauna having several complex groups such as Alurnoides bipunctatus. Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) was the name applied to most populations of riffle minnows across Europe and the Middle East from France north of the Alps eastwards to the Black, Caspian and Aral Sea basins but ongoing research is revealing a greater diversity and presence of at least 6 species in Iran including Alburnoides qanati. This fish was described from a qanat in Kor river basin of Iran and was supposed to be restricted to this basin. However our extensive field works confirmed presence of A. qanati in the neighboring Sirjan River basin for the first time.
Esmaeili, H. R., Tahami, M. S., Parsi, B., Sayyadzadeh, G., & Hojati, A. R. (2012). The first record of Alburnoides qanati Coad and Bogustkaya, 2009, (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes) from Sirjan River basin. Journal of Animal Environment, 4(2), 73-76.
MLA
Hamid Reza Esmaeili; Mohadeseh Sadat Tahami; Banafsheh Parsi; Golnaz Sayyadzadeh; Ali Reza Hojati. "The first record of Alburnoides qanati Coad and Bogustkaya, 2009, (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes) from Sirjan River basin". Journal of Animal Environment, 4, 2, 2012, 73-76.
HARVARD
Esmaeili, H. R., Tahami, M. S., Parsi, B., Sayyadzadeh, G., Hojati, A. R. (2012). 'The first record of Alburnoides qanati Coad and Bogustkaya, 2009, (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes) from Sirjan River basin', Journal of Animal Environment, 4(2), pp. 73-76.
VANCOUVER
Esmaeili, H. R., Tahami, M. S., Parsi, B., Sayyadzadeh, G., Hojati, A. R. The first record of Alburnoides qanati Coad and Bogustkaya, 2009, (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes) from Sirjan River basin. Journal of Animal Environment, 2012; 4(2): 73-76.
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