The Mossul bleak (Alburnus mossulensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. However, a recent study found that Alburnus mossulensis was probably a synonym of Alburnus sellal.[3]

Mossul bleak
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnus
Species:
A. mossulensis
Binomial name
Alburnus mossulensis
Heckel, 1843[1]
Synonyms
  • Alburnus capito Heckel, 1843
  • Alburnus caudimacula Heckel, 1846-49
  • Alburnus iblis Heckel, 1846-49
  • Alburnus megacephalus Heckel, 1846-49
  • Alburnus mossulensis delineatus Battalgil, 1942
  • Alburnus schejtan Heckel, 1846-49
  • Chalcalburnus mossulensis (Heckel, 1843)
  • Leuciscus maxillaris Valenciennes, 1844[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alburnus mossulensis". FishBase.
  2. ^ "Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. ^ Tooba Mommadian-Kalat; Hamod Reza Esmaeli; Mansour Aliabadian; Jorg Freyhof (2017). "Re-description of Alburnus doriae, with comments on the taxonomic status of A. amirkabiri, A. mossulensis, A. sellal and Petroleuciscus esfahani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 4323 (4). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.3.