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Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863

Arsuz bleak
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Alburnus: From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: endemic to Turkey.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125982); max. published weight: 50.27 g (Ref. 125982)

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This species is distinguished based on the materials from Arsuz, Ceyhan and Seyhan Rivers by the following characters: with a prominent dark-brown or dark-grey lateral stripe (vs. none in A. baliki, A. caeruleus, A. qalilus, and A. orontis with irregularly set and shaped grey blotches on silvery background); differs from A. caeruleus by having a more slender body, its body depth at dorsal-fin origin 21-26% of SL (vs. 26-34%) and by having less branched anal-fin rays, 9½-11½ (vs. 13½-17½) and with ventral keel exposed 3-10 scales in front of anus (vs. scaleless); differs from A. orontis by having less branched anal-fin rays, 9½-11½ (vs. 12½-15½), with ventral keel exposed 3-10 scales in front of anus (vs. keel exposed 0-2 scales) and with last soft dorsal-fin ray simple (vs. stiff); with total lateral line scales 49-59 (vs. 77-93 in A. heckeli, 66-89 in A. sellal, 54-72 in A. timarensis, 70-93 in A. tarichi); gill rakers on first gill arch 9-12 (vs. 13-17 in A. timarensis) (Ref. 129015).

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Freyhof, J., M. Özuluğ, C. Kaya, E. Bayçelebi and D. Turan, 2018. Redescription of Alburnus kotschyi Steindachner, 1863, with comments on Alburnus sellal adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae). Zootaxa 4382(3):573-582. (Ref. 129015)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00403 - 0.01189), b=3.11 (2.96 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).