Alburnus orontis
Orontes spotted bleak | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Alburnus |
Species: | A. orontis |
Binomial name | |
Alburnus orontis Sauvage, 1882 | |
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The Orontes spotted bleak (Alburnus orontis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, that can be found in Syria and Turkey in the drainage basin of the Orontes River. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss, pollution, water abstraction and river damming.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Freyhof, J. (2014). "Alburnus orontis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Alburnus orontis Sauvage, 1882". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2012.