Alburnoides petrubanarescui Common name. Urmia spirlin. Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Iranian endorheic basins by: ○ 8−11½, usually 9−10½ branched anal rays / ○ usually 7½, rarely 8½ branched dorsal rays / ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ mouth subterminal, tip of mouth cleft situated at a horizontal line with lower margin of eye / ○ ventral keel completely covered by scales / ○ snout stout, markedly rounded / ○ 42−49+2−3, usually 43−48+2−3, lateral-line scales / ○ 6−8 gill rakers. Size up to 109 mm SL. Distribution. Iran and Türkiye: Simineh, Zarrineh, Mahabad, Nazlu, Talkheh, and Shahr in Lake Urmia basin. Habitat. Fast-flowing streams with gravel and sand substrate. Biology. No data. Conservation status. EN; seems to be declining within its very small range. Has disappeared from all tributaries in Iran except Nazlu. Further reading. Bogutskaya & Coad 2009 (description); Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015c (review); Kaya 2020b (records from Türkiye).

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 pages 297-298, DOI: 10.1515/9783111677811, http://zenodo.org/record/17881367