Petroleuciscus esfahani is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish from Iran. It is size of about 10 cm.[1]
Petroleuciscus esfahani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Petroleuciscus |
Species: | P. esfahani
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Binomial name | |
Petroleuciscus esfahani Coad & Bogutskaya, 2010
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The status of P. eshefani as an independent species has been questioned: rather it is probably a synonym of Alburnus doriae.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Petroleuciscus esfahani". FishBase.
- ^ 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.