mossulensis, Alburnus Heckel [J. J.] 1843:1086 [96] [Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In Russegger v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2066] Tigris River near Mosul, Iraq. Syntypes: NMW 55656 (2), 55717-18 (2, 2), 77723 (2); ?RMNH 2644 [ex NMW] (1); SMF 402 [ex NMW] (2). On p. 96 of separate [ref. 2067]. •Valid as Chalcalburnus mossulensis (Heckel 1843) -- (Bianco & Bănărescu 1982:78 [ref. 8508], Coad 1991:16, 23 [ref. 15702], Coad 1995:15 [ref. 23608], Coad 1996:71 [ref. 25297], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Coad & Holčík 1999:184 [ref. 25294]). •May be a synonym of Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843 but retained as valid -- (Krupp et al. 1992:223 [ref. 20208], Bogutskaya 1997:166, 167 [ref. 23566], Bogutskaya et al. 2000:62 [ref. 24445]). •Valid as Alburnus mossulensis Heckel 1843 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:31 [ref. 29533], Özuluğ & Freyhof 2008:311 [ref. 29389], Bogutskaya & Coad 2009:170 [ref. 30270], Coad 2009:68 [ref. 30710], Coad 2010:96 [ref. 36620], Esmaeili et al. 2010:367 [ref. 33391], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:43 [ref. 33691], Elp et al. 2015:182 [ref. 33762], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:864 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:146 [ref. 35151], Falahatkar et al. 2015:323 [ref. 35421], Birecikligil et al. 2016:470 [ref. 34308], Esmaeili et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35254], Al-Moussawi & Afrasiab 2019:35 [ref. 37204], Bayhan 2021:245 [ref. 40683], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1404 [ref. 39565]). •Synonym of Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843 -- (Mohammadian-Kalat et al. 2017:499 [ref. 35603], Mangit & Yerli 2017:1 [ref. 35640], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:222 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Habitat: freshwater.