Alburnus orontis

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ;

Endangered

Common Names

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 , brackish water. Benthopelagic.

Ecology: A pelagic species, dependent on zooplankton .[1]


List of Habitats :5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.2Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks

Taxonomy

Ambiguous Synonyms

1. Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alburnus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 117 species and subspecies 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

• 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.
• 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.
• Krupp, F. 1987. Freshwater Ichthyogeography of the Levant. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Reihe A 28: 229–237.

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.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Weitzman, Marilyn (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486564
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-127396
• Fishbase Species ID: 52615
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 639507
• IUCN ID: 61199
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101512

Footnotes

1. 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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