spurius, Squalius Heckel [J. J.] 1843:1081 [91] [Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In Russegger v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2066] Aleppo, Syria. Syntypes: NMW 49572 (2). On p. 91 of separate [ref. 2067]. •Valid as Leuciscus spurius (Heckel 1843) -- (Coad 1991:24 [ref. 15702], Bogutskaya 1994:617 [ref. 23569], Bogutskaya 1997:174 [ref. 23566], Fricke et al. 2007:41 [ref. 29533]). •Valid as Squalius spurius Heckel 1843 -- (Turan et al. 2009:60 [ref. 30540], Bogutskaya & Zupančič 2010:53 [ref. 30905], Çiçek et al. 2015:147 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:414 [ref. 40625], Saad et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:263 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Squalius spurius Heckel 1843. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Orontes River basin (Turkey and Syria). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.