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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 4: 13 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.4.8
Page range: 389-396
Abstract views: 527
PDF downloaded: 22

Alburnus battalgilae, a synonym of A. attalus (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey.
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Turkey freshwater fish taxonomy morphology shemayas Pisces

Abstract

Alburnus battalgilae Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 from the Gediz River drainage in western Anatolia is a junior synonym of A. attalus Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007, from the adjacent Bakır River drainage. We were unable to confirm the morphological differences originally proposed. As both species have been described in the same publication, as First Reviewers, we prioritise of A. attalus over A. battalgilae.

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