Alburnoides idignensis

Alburnoides idignensis, is a fish species of the family Leuciscidae endemic to Iran. It can be differentiated from its cogenerates by differences in fin ray and vertebral counts, together with other morphological characters.^[1] The specific name is derived from the Sumerian name for the River Tigris, "Idigna".^[2]

Alburnoides idignensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Alburnoides
Species:	A. idignensis
Binomial name
Alburnoides idignensis Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009