''Alburnoides'' is a

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cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ve ...

fishes native to

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. Many species are known as riffle minnows or spirlins.

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alburnoides bipunctatus'' (

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, 1782) * '' Alburnoides coadi'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust & Doadrio, 2015 Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Review of the genus ''Alburnoides'' Jeitteles, 1861 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Iran with description of three new species from the Caspian Sea and Kavir basins. ''Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 13 (4): 293-331.'' (Coad's riffle minnow) * '' Alburnoides damghani'' Roudbar, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Coad & Bogutskaya, 2016 (Damghan riffle minnow) Roudbar, A.J., Eagderi, S., Esmaeili, H.R., Coad, B.W. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2016): A molecular approach to the genus ''Alburnoides'' using COI sequences data set and the description of a new species, ''A. damghani'', from the Damghan River system (the Dasht-e Kavir Basin, Iran) (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). ''ZooKeys, 579: 157-181.'' * '' Alburnoides devolli'' Bogutskaya, Zupančič & Naseka, 2010 * '' Alburnoides diclensis''

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, Bektaş, Kaya & Bayçelebi, 2016 Turan, D., Bektaş, Y., Kaya, C. & Bayçelebi, E. (2016): ''Alburnoides diclensis'' (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae), a new species of cyprinid fish from the upper Tigris River, Turkey. ''Zootaxa, 4067 (1): 79-87.'' * '' Alburnoides eichwaldii'' ( De Filippi, 1863) * '' Alburnoides emineae''

, Kaya, Ekmekçi &

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, 2014 Turan, D., Kaya, C., Ekmekçi, F.G. & Doğan, E. (2014): Three new species of ''Alburnoides'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Euphrates River, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. ''Zootaxa, 3754 (2): 101–116.'' (Beyazsu chub) * '' Alburnoides fangfangae'' Bogutskaya, Zupančič & Naseka, 2010 * '' Alburnoides fasciatus'' ( Nordmann, 1840) (Transcaucasian spirlin) * ''

Alburnoides gmelini ''Alburnoides gmelini'', the Dagestan spirlin, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae, known from the western Caspian coast of southern Russia. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by differences in fin ray and vertebral counts, t ...

'' Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 * ''

Alburnoides holciki ''Alburnoides holciki'' is a species of small (10.2 cm max length) freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and ...

'' Coad & Bogutskaya, 2012 Coad, B.W. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2012): A new species of riffle minnow, ''Alburnoides holciki,'' from the Hari River basin in Afghanistan and Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). ''Zootaxa, 3453: 43–55.'' * ''

Alburnoides idignensis Alburnoides idignensis, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae endemic to Iran. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by differences in fin ray and vertebral counts, together with other morphological characters.Bogutskaya, N. G., ...

'' Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 * ''

Alburnoides kubanicus ''Alburnoides kubanicus'', the Kuban spirlin, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Kuban Kuban (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Кубань; ady, Пшызэ) is a hi ...

'' Bănărescu, 1964 * ''

Alburnoides maculatus ''Alburnoides maculatus'' is a species of small (7.3 cm max length) freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Crimea Peninsula Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, trans ...

'' ( Kessler, 1859) * ''

Alburnoides manyasensis The Manyas spirlin (''Alburnoides manyasensis'') is a species of minnow that is endemic to the Simav River drainage of Lake Kuş, also known as Lake Manyas, in Turkey. It may become threatened as its range is densely inhabited and increasingl ...

, Ekmekçi, Kaya & Güçlü, 2013 Turan, D., Kaya, C., Ekmekçi, F.G. & Güçlü, S.S. (2013)
''Alburnoides manyasensis'' (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), a new species of cyprinid fish from Manyas Lake basin, Turkey.
''ZooKeys, 276: 85-102.'' (Manyas spirlin) * ''

Alburnoides namaki Alburnoides namaki, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae ...

'' Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 * ''

Alburnoides nicolausi Alburnoides nicolausi, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprini ...

'' Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 * ''

Alburnoides oblongus The Tashkent riffle bleak (''Alburnoides oblongus'') is a fish species of family Cyprinidae. Widespread in the Central Asia in Syr-Darya The Syr Darya (, ),, , ; rus, Сырдарья́, Syrdarjja, p=sɨrdɐˈrʲja; fa, سيردريا, S ...

'' Bulgakov, 1923 (Tashkent riffle bleak) * ''

Alburnoides ohridanus The Ohrid spirlin (''Alburnoides ohridanus'') is a fish species of family Cyprinidae. This species is endemic to Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia and Albania in the Balkans. It is a benthopelagic temperate freshwater fish, up to 9 cm in l ...

'' ( S. L. Karaman, 1928) (Ohrid spirlin) * ''

Alburnoides parhami Parham's riffle minnow (''Alburnoides parhami'') is a species of small (10.8 cm max length) freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the car ...

'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust & Doadrio, 2015 (Parham's riffle minnow) * ''

Alburnoides petrubanarescui Alburnoides petrubanarescui, is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. C ...

'' Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 * '' Alburnoides prespensis'' ( S. L. Karaman, 1924) (Prespa spirlin) * ''

Alburnoides qanati ''Alburnoides qanati'' is a fish species of family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae ...

'' Coad & Bogutskaya, 2009 * ''

Alburnoides recepi Recep's chub (''Alburnoides recepi'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Euphrates River The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris� ...

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, 2014 (Recep's chub) * ''

Alburnoides rossicus ''Alburnoides rossicus'' also known as the Russian spirlin is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Dniester, South Bug and Dnieper River in the northern Sea of Azov coast and Don River drainages in the Blac ...

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Alburnoides samiii Samii's riffle minnow (''Alburnoides samiii'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relative ...

'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust & Doadrio, 2015 (Samii's riffle minnow) * ''

Alburnoides tabarestanensis The Tabarestan riffle minnow (''Alburnoides tabarestanensis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Tajan River Tajan may refer to: People * César Taján (born 1991), Colombian football player * Fran� ...

'' Mousavi-Sabet, Anvarifar & Azizi, 2015 Mousavi-Sabet, H., Anvarifar, H. & Azizi, F. (2015): ''Alburnoides tabarestanensis'', a new species of riffle minnow from the southern Caspian Sea basin in Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). ''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (3): 144-152.'' (Tabarestan riffle minnow) * ''

Alburnoides taeniatus The striped bystranka (''Alburnoides taeniatus'') is a fish species of family Cyprinidae. Widespread in the Central Asia in Amu-Darya, Zeravshan, Syr-Darya The Syr Darya (, ),, , ; rus, Сырдарья́, Syrdarjja, p=sɨrdɐˈrʲja; f ...

'' ( Kessler, 1874) (Striped bystranka) * ''

Alburnoides varentsovi ''Alburnoides varentsovi'' is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyp ...

'' Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 * ''

Alburnoides velioglui Velioglu's chub (''Alburnoides velioglui'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Euphrates River The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigr ...

, Kaya, Ekmekçi &

, 2014 (Velioglu's chub)

References

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