Alburnoides qanati, a new species of cyprinid fish from southern Iran (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)

Abstract

Alburnoides qanati, sp. n. is described from a qanat in the Pulvar River drainage of Fars Province in south- ern Iran. Th e new taxon is distinguished from other members of the genus Alburnoides by a combination of characters including a scaled ventral keel, (41, 42)43-47(48, 49) lateral line scales to posterior margin of hypurals, 2.5-4.2 pharyngeal teeth, commonly 8½ branched dorsal-fi n rays, 10-12½ branched anal-fi n rays, 40-41 total vertebrae, and caudal vertebral region equal or slightly longer than an abdominal region (vertebral formulae 20+20 or 20+21).