sellal, Alburnus Heckel [J. J.] 1843:1082 [92] [Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In Russegger v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2066] Kueik [Qwaiq River], Aleppo, Syria. Syntypes: NMW 55664-67 (1, 2, 4, 2); RMNH 2666 [ex NMW] (2). Illustrated by Heckel 1843, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [ref. 2067]. On p. 92 in ref. 2067. •Mention -- (Krupp et al. 1992:223 [ref. 20208]). •Valid as Chalcalburnus sellal (Heckel 1843) -- (Coad 1991:23 [ref. 15702]). •See also Coad 1995:15 [ref. 23608]. •Valid as Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843 -- (Bogutskaya 1997:167 [ref. 23566], Bogutskaya et al. 2000:56 [ref. 24445], Fricke et al. 2007:31 [ref. 29533], Perea et al. 2010:14 [ref. 31802], Çiçek et al. 2015:146 [ref. 35151], Birecikligil et al. 2016:470 [ref. 34308], Mohammadian-Kalat et al. 2017:487 [ref. 35603], Mohammadian-Kalat et al. 2017:500 [ref. 35603], Esmaeili et al. 2018:15 [ref. 36089], Freyhof et al. 2018:581 [ref. 35814], Freyhof et al. 2018:131 [ref. 35889], Al-Moussawi & Afrasiab 2019:34 [ref. 37204], Eagderi et al. 2019:373 [ref. 36908], Bayçelebi 2020:756 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:251 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:129 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2021:231 [ref. 38905], Çiçek et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:393 [ref. 40625], Saad et al. 2023:28 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:222 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Alburnus sellal Heckel 1843. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates,Tigris, Zoreh, Persis and Hormuz River basins (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran). Habitat: freshwater.