Alburnoides recepi

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 recepi

Name

Alburnoides recepi Turan et al., 2014

• Holotype: FFR 01101.
• Paratypes: FFR 01050 (47); CMK 20317 (6).

Type locality: Turkey, Gaziantep Province, Merzimen Stream, Euphrates River drainage, 37°24’57"N, 37°43’06"E [1].

Etymology: In their article, the authors claim that the species is named after some Recep Buyurucu, who has reportedly contributed greatly to the sampling for the authors for many years. However, in the Turkish press and social media it is widely commented that the name is given after 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.