Alburnoides tabarestanensis

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 tabarestanensis

Name

Alburnoides tabarestanensis Mousavi-Sabet et al., 2015

• Holotype: VMFC AL201MH.
• Paratypes: VMFC AL2049P (45); GUIC ALT-P (4).

Type locality: Iran, Mazandaran Prov., Tajan River, southern Caspian Sea basin, 36°11 N, 53°19 E.

Etymology: The name of the species, treated as an adjective, is derived from the historical name of Mazandaran Province (Tabarestan) which including Tajan River, the region where the type locality of the species is located.

References

• Mousavi-Sabet, H., Anvarifar, H. & Azizi, F., 2015: Alburnoides tabarestanensis, a new species of riffle minnow from the southern Caspian Sea basin in Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (3): 144–152. Reference page. 
• Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S. & Doadrio, I. 2015. Review of the genus Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Iran with description of three new species from the Caspian Sea and Kavir basins. Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences 13(4): 293–331.PDF Reference page.