Petroleuciscus esfahani

Petroleuciscus esfahani is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish from Iran. It is size of about 10 cm.[1]

Petroleuciscus esfahani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Petroleuciscus
Species:
P. esfahani
Binomial name
Petroleuciscus esfahani
Coad & Bogutskaya, 2010

The status of P. eshefani as an independent species has been questioned: rather it is probably a synonym of Alburnus doriae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Petroleuciscus esfahani". FishBase.
  2. ^ 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.