Alburnoides eichwaldii

Alburnoides eichwaldii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Alburninae
Genus:	Alburnoides
Species:	A. eichwaldii
Binomial name
	Alburnoides eichwaldii; (De Filippi, 1863)
Synonyms
	Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis Dadikyan, 1972; Alburnoides bipunctatus eichwaldi (De Filippi, 1863); Alburnus bipunctatus eichwaldi De Filippi, 1863; Alburnus eichwaldii De Filippi, 1863;

Alburnoides eichwaldii, also known as the South Caspian sprilin or Kura chub, is a fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in the Western Asia in the river drainages of the southwestern Caspian coast from Samur down to rivers of the Lenkoran Province in Azerbaijan. It prefers streams and rivers in the foothills, with well oxygenated, fast-flowing waters, and spawns on gravel in swift currents.

References

Freyhof, J. (2014). "Alburnoides eichwaldii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T184454A19011946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T184454A19011946.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Alburnoides eichwaldii" in FishBase. november 2012 version.

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[1] Freyhof, J. (2014). "Alburnoides eichwaldii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T184454A19011946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T184454A19011946.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.