Alburnus akili

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ; A short-lived species which occurs in lakes . Is threatened due to the introduction of other species and overfishing [1].

Extinct

Common Names

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Description

Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Ecology: This was a short-lived species, growing to 13–16 cm long.[2]


List of Habitats :5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alburnus

There are approximately 117 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acutus · A. akili (Gokce Baligi) · A. albidus (Italian Bleak) · A. albidus alborella · A. albor · A. alborella · A. alborella lateristriga · A. alburnellus · A. alburnus (North Caucasian Bleak) · A. alburnus alborella · A. alburnus alburnus · A. alburnus hohenackeri (North Caucasian Bleak) · A. alburnus hohenackerkumbaschensis · A. alburnus macedonicus · A. alburnus strumicae · A. alburnus thessalicus · A. alburnus x · A. amabilis · A. arborella · A. alburnus · A. atropatenae · A. alburnus · A. avola · A. baliki · A. belvica · A. bipunctatus · A. bipunctatus eichwaldi · A. bipunctatus ohridanus · A. bipunctatus prespensis · Acanthalburnus microlepis · A. breviceps · A. caeruleus · A. capito · A. caudimacula · A. chalcoides · A. chalcoides carinatus · A. chalcoides danubicus · A. chalcoides derjugini · A. chalcoides istanbulensis · A. chalcoides mentoides · A. chalcoides nicaeensis · A. chalcoides sapancae · A. charusini · A. charusini hohenackeri · A. dilectus · A. dnjestrensis · A. dolabratus · A. doriae · A. eichwaldii · A. escherichi · A. escherichii · A. filippi · A. filippii (Kura Bleak) · A. formosus · A. alburnus · A. alburnus · A. harusini · A. hebes · A. heckeli · A. hohenackeri (North Caucasian Bleak) · A. iblis · A. orontis · A. lepidulus · Notropis ludibundus · A. lucidus · A. lucidus angustior · A. lucidus colobocephala · A. lucidus elata · A. lucidus elongata · A. lucidus heck · A. lucidus ilmenensis · A. lucidus lacustris · A. lucidus latior · A. lucidus macropterus · A. lucidus oxycephala · A. macedonicus · Alburnoides bipunctatus · A. megacephalus · Notropis amabilis · A. mento · A. mirandella · A. mossulensis · A. mossulensis delineatus · A. nasreddini · A. nitidus · A. nordmannii · A. obtusus · A. oleiferus · Notropis atherinoides · A. orontis · A. orontis sauvage · A. pallidus · A. pleuriticus · A. punctatus · A. punctulatus · A. qalilus · A. rosenhaueri · A. rubellus · A. rubrifrons · A. schejtan

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Further Reading

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Balik, S. 1995. Freshwater fish in Anatolia, Turkey. Biological Conservation 72:213–223.
• Bogutskaya, N.G. (1997). Contribution to the knowledge of leuciscine fishes of Asia Minor. Part 2. An annotated check-list of leuciscine fishes (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) of Turkey with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies. Mitt. Hamb.
• Coad, B.W. (1995). Freshwater fishes of Iran. Acta Sci. Nat. Acad. Sci. Brno. 29(1):1-64.
• Contribution á la connaissance des poissons des eaux douces de la Turquie. - Rev. Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul 7: 287-306, Istanbul.
• Crivelli, A.J. (1996). The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• FishBase 2006.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486550
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-33467
• Fishbase Species ID: 9530
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13546314
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 639487
• IUCN ID: 787
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1702

Footnotes

1. Crivelli, A.J. (1996). The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p. [back]
2. Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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