Alburnus atropatenae
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| Alburnus atropatenae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Alburnus |
| Species: | A. atropatenae |
| Binomial name | |
| Alburnus atropatenae | |
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Alburnus atropatenae, the Urmia bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and related fishes. This species is found in the Lake Urmia drainage basin in the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, as well as eastern Turkey.[2]