181. Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843

Common name. Black spotted bleak

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843a: 1084 (94) [Aleppo, Syria; syntypes: NMW 16688 (4), 55511-13 (2, 2, 2), 57161 (3);? RMNH 2656 (4); SMF 100 (4)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Heckel (1843b: pl. 11, fig. 3); Zareian et al. (2015: 16, fig. 8).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Morvarid mahi-e khal dar.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.