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Velioglu's chub

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Species of fish

Velioglu's chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnoides
Species: A. velioglui
Binomial name
Alburnoides velioglui
Turan, Kaya, Ekmekçi & Doğan, 2014

Velioglu's chub (Alburnoides velioglui) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Euphrates River drainage in Turkey.

This species reaches a length of 10.8 cm (4.3 in).

Etymology

The fish is named for Hasan Basri Velioğlu, a Medical Doctor, who contributed to our earlier and current studies by use of radiography.

References

  1. Turan, D., C. Kaya, F.G. Ekmekçi and E. Doğan, 2014. Three new species of Alburnoides (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Euphrates River, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa 3754(2):101-116.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alburnoides velioglui". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers
Alburnoides velioglui


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