Alburnoides varentsovi

Alburnoides varentsovi

A spirlin of the mountain river of Ashgabat

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Central Asia
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Alburnoides varentsovi is a fish species of the family Leuciscidae, known from Turkmenistan. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by differences in fin ray and vertebral counts, together with other morphological characters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Alburnoides
Maximum length: 9.1 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: Turkmenistan in Ashkhabadka River at Ashgabat [Ashkhabad, Askhabad]) flowing northward from the Kopetdag Mountains.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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