Alburnoides strymonicus Chichkoff, 1940
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 strymonicus, the Struma spirlin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. This fish is endemic to the drainage system of the Struma (Strymónas) River in Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia.
Wikipedia contributors, Alburnoides strymonicus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:58:02.141933+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alburnoides strymonicus Chichkoff, 1940
- Name authority
- Chichkoff, 1940
- 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 strymonicus Chichkoff, 1940
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 eichwaldii (De Filippi, 1863) | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Alburnoides bipunctatus strymonicus Chichkoff, 1940 Chichkoff, 1940 | 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.
- Chichkoff, G. (1940). Etude morphologique sur les spirlins des eaux douces de la Bulgarie. Godisnik Na Sofijskija Universitet = Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia, Fiziko-Matematiceski Fakultet = Faculté Des Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques, Sofija, 36 (no. 3): 73–144, Pls. 1–2. 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:BGVQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.