Alburnoides eichwaldii (De Filippi, 1863)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Alburnoides eichwaldii, also known as the South Caspian sprilin or Kura chub, is a fish species in the family Leuciscidae. It is widespread in Western Asia in the river drainages of the southwestern Caspian coast from Samur down to rivers of the Lenkoran Province in Azerbaijan. It prefers streams and rivers in the foothills, with well oxygenated, fast-flowing waters, and spawns on gravel in swift currents.
Wikipedia contributors, Alburnoides eichwaldii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:57:53.870636+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alburnoides eichwaldii (De Filippi, 1863)
- Name authority
- (De Filippi, 1863)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Alburnoides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyAlburninae Girard, 1858
- genusAlburnoides Jeitteles, 1861
- speciesAlburnoides eichwaldii (De Filippi, 1863)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Alburnoides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Alburnoides emineae Turan, Kaya, Ekmekçi & Doğan, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides economoui Barbieri, Vukić, Šanda & Zogaris, 2017 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides fangfangae Bogutskaya, Zupančič & Naseka, 2010 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides fasciatus (von Nordmann, 1840) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides idignensis Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides kubanicus Bănărescu, 1964 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides maculatus (Kessler, 1859) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides manyasensis Turan, Ekmekçi, Kaya & Güçlü, 2013 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides namaki Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides ohridanus (Karaman, 1928) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides parhami Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust & Doadrio, 2015 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnoides petrubanarescui Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis Dadikyan, 1972 Dadikyan, 1972 | synonym |
| Alburnus eichwaldii De Filippi, 1863 De Filippi, 1863 | synonym |
| Alburnoides bipunctatus eichwaldi (De Filippi, 1863) (De Filippi, 1863) | synonym |
| Alburnus bipunctatus eichwaldi De Filippi, 1863 De Filippi, 1863 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1013089 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:66875. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.