Alburnus alburnus hohenackeri

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ;

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.

Taxonomy

Ambiguous Synonyms

1. Alburnus arquatus Fatio, 1882
2. Alburnus ausonii Bonaparte, 1844
3. Alburnus fracchia Bonaparte, 1845
4. Alburnus gracilis Bonaparte, 1845
5. Alburnus lucidus angustior Walecki, 1864 1863
6. Alburnus scoranza Bonaparte, 1845
7. Aspius ochrodon Fitzinger, 1832

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Abramis alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Alborella maxima Fatio, 1882
3. Alburnus acutus Bonaparte, 1845
4. Alburnus alborella (Filippi, 1844)
5. Alburnus alburnus alborella (De Filippi, 1844)
6. Alburnus alburnus hohenackeri kumbaschensis Petrov 1926
7. Alburnus alburnus hohenackeri persicus Petrov, 1926
8. Alburnus avola Bonaparte, 1846
9. Alburnus breviceps Heckel & Kner, 1858
10. Alburnus charusini hohenackeri Kessler, 1877
11. Alburnus fabraei Blanchard, 1866
12. Alburnus fracchia Heckel & Kner, 1858
13. Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877
14. Alburnus linnei Malm, 1877
15. Alburnus lucidus Bonaparte, 1844
16. Alburnus mirandella Blanchard, 1866
17. Alburnus obtusus Bonaparte, 1845
18. Alburnus scoranza Heckel & Kner, 1858
19. Alburnus striatus Petrov, 1926
20. Alburnus strigio Bonaparte, 1845
21. Aspius alborella De Filippi, 1844
22. Aspius alburnoides Selys-Longchamps, 1842
23. Aspius arborella Bonaparte, 1841
24. Cyprinus albor Scopoli, 1786
25. Cyprinus alburnus Linnaeus, 1758
26. Cyprinus lanceolatus Bloch, 1801
27. Leuciscus alburnellus Martens, 1857
28. Leuciscus dolabratus Valenciennes, 1844
29. Leuciscus lucidus ilmenensis Warpachowski, 1886

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

• Berg, L.S. (1964). Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 2, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949).
• 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, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p.
• Gabrielyan, B.K. (2001). An annotated checklist of freshwater fishes of Armenia. Naga ICLARM Q. 24(3&4):23-29.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• Fisch-Muller, Sonia (from FishBase).
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 20, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486556
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-117363
• Fishbase Species ID: 48372
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101287

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