heckeli, Alburnus Battalgil [F.] 1944:128, Fig. 2 [Revue de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université d'Instanbul, Série B: Sciences Naturelles v. 9 (no. 2) (for 1943); ref. 13160] Hazer gölü, near Elazig, upper Tigris River system, eastern central Turkey. Syntypes: ?ZMH H1109 (1). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:157 [ref. 22013]. Author also seen as Battalgazi. •May be a synonym of Alburnus akili Battalgil 1942 -- (Coad 1991:13 [ref. 15702], see also Coad 1995:11 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Alburnus heckeli Battalgil 1944 -- (Bogutskaya 1997:166 [ref. 23566], Bogutskaya et al. 2000:62 [ref. 24445], Freyhof & Kottelat 2007:214 [ref. 29340], Fricke et al. 2007:30 [ref. 29533], Özuluğ & Freyhof 2008:311 [ref. 29389], Bogutskaya & Coad 2009:170 [ref. 30270], Coad 2009:69 [ref. 30710], Elp et al. 2015:182 [ref. 33762], Çiçek et al. 2015:146 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36267], Freyhof et al. 2018:581 [ref. 35814], Freyhof et al. 2018:129 [ref. 35889], Çiçek et al. 2020:251 [ref. 37644]). •Synonym of Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843 -- (Çiçek et al. 2021:231 [ref. 38905], Çiçek et al. 2024:222 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Hazer Gölü, Tigris River [Dicle Nehri] basin (Persian Gulf tributary) (Turkey) [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.