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

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

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