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Two New Species of Freshwater Fishes of the Genus Alburnoides, A Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS Vol. 314, No. 4, 2010, рр. 448–468 УДК 597.2 TWO NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE GENUS ALBURNOIDES, A. FANGFANGAE AND A. DEVOLLI (ACTINOPTERYGII: CYPRINIDAE), FROM THE ADRIATIC SEA BASIN IN ALBANIA N.G. Bogutskaya1*, P. Zupančič2 and A.M. Naseka1 1Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb.1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Dolsko 14, 1262 Slovenia; e-mail: primoz.zupančič@guest.arnes.si ABSTRACT Two new species of the genus Alburnoides are described from the river Seman drainage in the eastern Adriatic Sea basin in Albania. Both species have a pharyngeal tooth formula of 2.5–4.2. Alburnoides fangfangae, which occurs in the upper Osum river system, is distinguished from other members of the genus by a combination of characters including 11½–13½ anal fin branched rays, small scales numbering 46–53 in the total pored lateral line, total verte- brae usually 40 (20+20 and 21+19) or 41 (21+20 and 20+21), caudal peduncle depth 43–48% body depth at dorsal fin origin, usually a mostly or completely scaleless ventral keel, the mouth with a curved and only slightly slanted cleft and a produced fleshy snout, the interorbital width 1.3–1.5 times the eye diameter, a weakly ossified preeth- moid, and a depressed and considerably expanded anterior tip of the basihyal (a unique feature among the western European Alburnoides). Alburnoides devolli, which is described from the upper Devoll river system, differs in hav- ing 11½–13½ anal fin branched rays, larger scales numbering 44–48 in the total pored lateral line, total vertebrae usually 40 (20+20), caudal peduncle depth 35–43% body depth at dorsal fin origin, usually a mostly or completely scaled ventral keel, the mouth with a straight and upturned cleft, the interorbital width 1.1–1.4 times the eye di- ameter, a completely ossified preethmoid, and a narrow, very deeply indented anterior tip of the urohyal (a unique feature among the western European Alburnoides). A comparison with Alburnoides species from River Danube and Prespa, Ohrid, and Skadar lakes is provided. Key words: Adriatic Sea basin, Albania, Alburnoides, Cyprinidae, freshwater fishes, morphology, new species, taxonomy ДВА НОВЫХ ВИДА ПРЕСНОВОДНЫХ РЫБ РОДА ALBURNOIDES, A. FANGFANGAE И A. DEVOLLI (ACTINOPTERYGII: CYPRINIDAE), ИЗ БАССЕЙНА АДРИАТИЧЕСКОГО МОРЯ В АЛБАНИИ Н.Г. Богуцкая1*, П. Зупанчич2, A.M. Насека1 1Зоологический институт Российской академии наук, Университетская наб. 1, 199034 Санкт-Петербург, Россия; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 2 Dolsko 14, 1262 Slovenia; e-mail: primoz.zupančič@guest.arnes.si РЕЗЮМЕ Описаны два новых вида карповых рыб рода Alburnoides из системы реки Семан бассейна Адриатического моря в Албании. Оба вида имеют сходную формулу глоточных зубов – 2.5–4.2. Вид Alburnoides fangfangae sp. nov., обитающий в верхнем течении реки Осум, отличается от других видов рода следующей комбинацией *Corresponding author / Автор-корреспондент. Two new species of freshwater fishes from Albania 449 морфологических признаков: 11½–13½ ветвистых лучей в анальном плавнике; чешуя мелкая, 46–53 чешуй в полной боковой линии; общее число позвонков 40 (20+20 и 21+19) или 41 (21+20 и 20+21); высота хвосто- вого стебля 43–48% высоты тела; брюшной киль, как правило, голый или слабо очешуен; ротовая щель изо- гнута, рот не заворочен, рыло выдается и несколько нависает над верхней губой; межглазничное простран- ство в 1.3–1.5 раза больше горизонтального диаметра глаза; praeethmoideum слабо окостеневшее; передний конец basihyale уплощен и значительно расширен (уникальный признак среди западноевропейских видов рода Alburnoides). Вид Alburnoides devolli sp. nov., обитающий в верхнем течении системы реки Девол, отлича- ется от других видов рода следующими морфологическими признаками: 11½–13½ ветвистых лучей в аналь- ном плавнике; чешуя относительно крупная, 44–48 чешуй в полной боковой линии; общее число позвонков обычно 40 (20+20); высота хвостового стебля 35–43% высоты тела; брюшной киль значительно или полно- стью очешуен; ротовая щель прямая, рот заметно заворочен, рыло не выдается и не нависает над верхней губой; межглазничное пространство в 1.1–1.4 раза больше горизонтального диаметра глаза; praeethmoideum полностью окостеневшее; головка urohyale с очень глубокой и узкой вырезкой (уникальный признак среди западноевропейских видов рода Alburnoides). Дано сравнение с видами рода Alburnoides из бассейнов Дуная, озер Преспа, Охрид и Скадар. Ключевые слова: Адриатический бассейн, Албания, Alburnoides, Cyprinidae, пресноводные рыбы, морфоло- гия, новые виды, таксономия INTRODUCTION Alburnoides south of the Danube – from the Drin–Skadar–Ohrid drainage system and from Cyprinid fishes of the Alburnoides bipunctatus Prespa Lake and its tributaries – were commonly species complex are widely distributed in Europe considered as the subspecies A. bipunctatus ohrida- and western Asia in nearly all rivers draining to the nus (Karaman, 1924) and A. bipunctatus prespensis North and Black seas and Sea of Azov, in the Caspian (Karaman, 1928), respectively (e.g. Poljakov et al. Sea basin (in middle Volga and from Kura drainage 1958; Ivanović 1973; Šorić 1981, 1990; Marić 1995; southwards and eastwards to Atrek), in the Murghab Naumovski 1995, Rakaj 1995; Marić and Krivokapić and Tedzhen drainages, in the former Aral Sea basin 1997). Following Kottelat and Freyhof (2007), the (Amu Darya drainage), and in the Tigris-Euphrates two subspecies were given the rank of species in the drainage. In the Mediterranean basin, it occurs in the inventories of the Skadar, Ohrid and Prespa lakes Rhône and some small coastal drainages from Pro- (Talevski et al. 2009) and the fish fauna of Albania vence (France) eastwards to Genova (Italy), in the (Dhora 2009a, 2009b). Zardoya et al. (1999) did not Drin-Skadar-Ohrid drainage, in Albanian and Greek recognise A. prespensis (as either a species or a subspe- rivers as far south as the Acheloos and Spercheios cies) and identified the Alburnoides from the Prespa drainages, and in the Marmara Sea basin, western Lake as A. bipunctatus ohridanus. These authors also Anatolia south to Gediz (Izmir) (Berg 1949; Zardoya identified the fish from the Aoos [Vjosa, Vjosë] River et al. 1999; Bogutskaya and Naseka 2004; Kottelat and Freyhof 2007; Dhora 2009b; Coad 2009). as A. bipunctatus ohridanus. Albanian Alburnoides Kottelat and Freyhof (2007) recognised three from Bovilla Lake (Ishmi [Ishëm] River drainage), species of Alburnoides Jetteles, 1861 in Europe and Skumbin [Shkumbini] and Vjosa rivers were later stated that, although the morphological differences identified as A. bipunctatus bipunctatus (Cake and seem slight, there are indications from molecular Miho 2005). Alburnoides bipunctatus is mentioned in studies that Alburnoides from Montenegro, Greece, lists of species in reviews of the fauna of the Albanian Bulgaria and the Caucasus most likely represent rivers (Dhora 2009a, 2009b; Shumka et al. 2009). distinct species. Since 2007, five nominal taxa (sub- A comparison of recently collected materials species of Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) by from two localities in the Seman River drainage with some authors) have been re-elevated to the species Alburnoides species from the Danube and Skadar level and seven new species described from the east- [Shkodra], Ohrid and Prespa lakes revealed their ern part of the range of the former A. bipunctatus difference from each other and from the latter taxa. s.l. based on morphological characters (Coad and Therefore, this paper describes two new Alburnoides Bogutskaya 2009; Bogutskaya and Coad 2009). species in Albania. 450 N.G. Bogutskaya et al. MATERIAL AND METHODS Paratypes. NMW 95277, 4, 56.6–65.8 mm SL; PZC 481, 27, 49.7–72.5 mm SL; ZIN 54981, 10, Measurements were made point to point to the 51.2–64.4 mm SL, all same data as holotype. Two nearest 0.1 mm. The standard length (SL) is measured additional specimens (same data) were cleared and from the tip of the snout to the end of the hypural stained (62.4 and 56.7 mm SL). complex. The length of the caudal peduncle is meas- Additional specimens. PZC 482, 2, 55.1 and ured from behind the base of the last anal-fin ray to the 55.2 mm SL, ALBANIA: stream flowing into Gjanci end of the hypural complex, at the mid-height of the Reservoir; other data same as above. caudal-fin base. Head length (HL) and interorbital Diagnosis. The species is distinguished from other width were measured including the skin fold. The last members of the genus by a combination of characters two branched rays articulating on a single pterygi- including 11½–13½ anal fin branched rays, small ophore in the dorsal and anal fins are noted as “1½”. scales numbering 46–53 in the total pored lateral Statistical calculations were done without the “½”. line, total vertebrae usually 40 (20+20 and 21+19) or Total lateral-line scale count includes all pored scales, 41 (21+20 and 20+21), a deep caudal peduncle (its from the first one just behind the posttemporal bone depth 43–48% body depth at dorsal fin origin), usu- to the posteriormost one located on the bases of the ally a mostly or completely scaleless ventral keel, the caudal-fin rays. Osteological characters are examined mouth with a curved and only slightly slanted cleft from cleared-and-stained with alizarin red S prepara- and a produced fleshy snout, the interorbital width tions, and from radiographs (numbers of radiographed 1.3–1.5 times the eye diameter, a weakly ossified specimens are given in Table 3). Two openings at the preethmoid, and a depressed and considerably ex- margins of adjacent bones give one pore in the ce- panded anterior tip of the basihyal (a unique feature phalic sensory canal system. The character states of among the western European Alburnoides). the ventral keel scale cover were estimated by direct Description. See Table 1 for morphometric data measurements as shown in Fig.
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