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South Caspian Spirlin
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South Caspian Spirlin

Alburnoides eichwaldii

Alburnoides eichwaldii, also known as the South Caspian sprilin or Kura chub, is a fish species in the Cyprinidae family. It is widespread in the Western Asia in the river drainages of the southwestern Caspian coast from Samur down to rivers of the Lenkoran Province in Azerbaijan. It prefers streams and rivers in the foothills, with well oxygenated, fast-flowing waters, and spawns on gravel in swift currents.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 93604.