Range extension and translocation for Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) in northwestern Iran

Authors

HAMID REZA ESMAEILI
NARGES NAZARI
ALI GHOLAMIFARD
GHORBANALI GHOLAMHOSSEINI
AZAD TEIMORY
BRIAN W. COAD

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0906-34

Abstract

Based on the new fish collection, the distribution range of the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782), is extended to a new basin (Urmia) in northwestern Iran.

Keywords

Rhodeus amarus, range extension, translocation, Urmia basin, Iran

First Page

882

Last Page

885

Recommended Citation

ESMAEILI, HAMID REZA; NAZARI, NARGES; GHOLAMIFARD, ALI; GHOLAMHOSSEINI, GHORBANALI; TEIMORY, AZAD; and COAD, BRIAN W. (2011) "Range extension and translocation for Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) in northwestern Iran," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 35: No. 6, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0906-34
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol35/iss6/13