Alburnoides eichwaldii
| South Caspian sprilin | |
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| Alburnoides eichwaldii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Alburnoides |
| Species: | A. eichwaldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alburnoides eichwaldii (De Filippi, 1863) Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 | |
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Alburnoides eichwaldii, the South Caspian sprilin is a fish species in the Cyprinidae family. It is widespread in the Western Asia in the river drainages of the southwestern Caspian coast from Samur down to rivers of the Lenkoran Province in Azerbaijan. It prefers streams and rivers in the foothills, with well oxygenated, fast-flowing waters, and spawns on gravel in swift currents.
References
- ↑ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Alburnoides eichwaldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Alburnoides eichwaldii" in FishBase. november 2012 version.
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