Alburnoides eichwaldii, also known as the South Caspian sprilin or Kura chub, is a fish species in the family Leuciscidae. It is widespread in 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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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of South Caspian Spirlin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Alburnoides bipunctatus
- Achondrostoma oligolepis
- Telestes muticellus
- Sarmarutilus rubilio
- Alburnoides rossicus
- Rhynchocypris percnurus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Leuciscidae
- Genus
- Alburnoides
- Species
- Alburnoides eichwaldii
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