Alburnoides holciki

Taxonavigation

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 holciki

Name

Alburnoides holciki Coad & Bogutskaya, 2012

Holotype: SNM 6788. Paratypes (18): SNM 6788.

Type locality: Afghanistan, Hari River at Herat, 34°20’N, 62°12’E.[1]

Etymology: The species is named for the late Juraj Holcík, Bratislava, colleague and friend of the authors, in recognition of his many contributions to the science of ichthyology.

References

Coad, B.W.; Bogutskaya, N.G. 2012: A new species of riffle minnow, Alburnoides holciki, from the Hari River basin in Afghanistan and Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3453: 43–55. Preview Reference page.
Levin, B.A., Thoni, R., Artaev, O., Bolotovskiy, A., Levina, M., Rasulov, A., Mirzoev, N. & Simonov, E. 2019. Morphological and mtDNA data reveal broader distribution of Alburnoides holciki (Teleostei: Leuciscidae) in inland waters of Central Asia. Zootaxa 4614(1): 117–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.1.5 Reference page.
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): 293–331.PDF Reference page.