Alburnoides damghani

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnoides
Species: Alburnoides damghani

Name

Alburnoides damghani Roudbar et al., 2016

• Holotype: CMNFI 2015-0091 .
• Paratypes: ZM-CBSU 2011-1 (15), 2012-1 (3); CMNFI 2015-0091A (24).

Type locality: Cheshmeh Ali (Ali Spring), Damghan River tributary, Iran.

Etymology: The species name links to the type locality, Damghan (Cheshmeh Ali, Damghan River tributary).

Vernacular names

English: Damghan riffle minnow
فارسی: Mahie- Khayateh-e-Damghan

References

• Roudbar, A.J., Eagderi, S., Esmaeili, H.R., Coad, B.W. & Bogutskaya, N.G. 2016. A molecular approach to the genus Alburnoides using COI sequences data set and the description of a new species, A. damghani, from the Damghan River system (the Dasht-e Kavir Basin, Iran) (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 579: 157-181. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.579.7665. Reference page.