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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. Temperate
Former USSR: Basin of the Kura (from the upper to the lower reaches with the tributaries) and the Aras (also lakes of Chaldyr-gel and Aiger-gel), rivers of the Lenkoran District and Safid-rud.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125982); max. published weight: 71.50 g (Ref. 125982)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bogutskaya, N.G., 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of leuciscine fishes of Asia Minor. Part 2. An annotated check-list of leuciscine fishes (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) of Turkey with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 94:161-186. (Ref. 33550)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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