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Issue: Vol. 2534 No. 1: 13 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.2
Page range: 37–47
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 2

Petroleuciscus esfahani, a new species of fish from central Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)

Canadian Museum of Nature, Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6P4
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab.1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Fish Petroleuciscus Cyprinidae freshwater fish new species Iran

Abstract

A new species, Petroleuciscus esfahani, is described from central Iran in the Zayandeh River basin. It is distinguished from other members of the genus by a combination of characters including a mode of 8 1/2 dorsal-fin branched rays, modally 10-11 1/2 anal-fin branched rays, small scales numbering 44-54 in the total pored lateral line, a modal pharyngeal-tooth formula 2.5-4.2, and total vertebrae usually 40-42. It appears to be morphologically closest to Petroleuciscus gaderanus (Gunther, 1899) that we tentatively consider as a synonym of P. ulanus (Gunther, 1899) of the Lake Orumiyeh basin in northwestern Iran.

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