Alburnoides parhami

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 parhami

Name

Alburnoides parhami Mousavi-Sabet et al., 2015

• Holotype: VMFC ALP3-H.
• Paratypes: VMFC ALP3-P1 - ALP3-P45 (45); GUIC ALP3-P1 - ALP3-P4 (4).

Type locality: Iran, Khorasan-e-Shomali Province, Baba-Aman Stream, Atrak River drainage, the south-eastern Caspian Sea basin, 37°29' N, 57°26' E.

Etymology: The species name parhami is generally in honor of all the Iranian conservative officers who sacrificed their lives in order to keep the wild environment, and especially for Mr. Saeid Parham (1980 – 2009), the conservative officer in Khorasan-e-Shomali Province, who was killed in a battle with illegal hunters near the type locality of Alburnoides parhami (near the border of Turkmenistan).

References

• 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.