Alburnoides namaki Common name. Namak spirlin. Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Iranian endorheic basins by: ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ 8½, rarely 7½, branched dorsal rays / ○ 10−14½, usually 11−13½, branched anal rays / ○ snout rounded / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at a horizontal line with lower margin of eye or below / ○ mouth subterminal, upper lip projecting lower lip / ○ 42−52+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ 5–10 gill rakers. Size up to 110 mm SL. Distribution. Iran: Lake Namak basin and Nam in Hable drainage in Western Kavir basin. Habitat. Streams, springs, and qanats with moderate to fast-flowing water and gravel and silt substrate. Biology. No data. Conservation status. LC. Remarks. Alburnoides coadi is a synonym. Alburnoides idignensis, A. namaki, and A. nicolausi are closely related, and future studies may not support them as independent species. Further reading. Bogutskaya & Coad 2009 (description); Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015c (review, description of A. coadi); Eagderi et al. 2019a (phylogeny).

Published as part of Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, GmbH, Berlin / Boston :De Gruyter on page 296, DOI: 10.1515/9783111677811, http://zenodo.org/record/17881367