Alburnoides eichwaldii

South Caspian sprilin
Alburnoides eichwaldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnoides
Species: A. eichwaldii
Binomial name
Alburnoides eichwaldii
(De Filippi, 1863) Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009
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, the South Caspian sprilin is a fish species in the Cyprinidae family. 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.

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