Alburnoides emineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnoides
Species: Alburnoides emineae

Name

Alburnoides emineae Turan et al., 2014

• Holotype: FFR 01026.
• Paratypes: FFR 01073 (20).

Type locality: Turkey, Mardin Province, Beyazsu Stream, Euphrates River drainage, 37°10’21"N, 41°16’13"E [1].

Etymology: In their article, the authors claim that the species is named after Emine Turan, the mother of the first author. However, in the Turkish press and social media it is widely commented that the name is given after Emine Erdoğan, the wife of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[2]

References

• Turan, D., Kaya, C., Ekmekçi, F. G., & Doğan, E. (2014). Three new species of Alburnoides (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Euphrates River, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa 3754(2): 101–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.2.1 Reference page.