Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages Author Kaya, Cueneyt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-798X Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey cnytkaya@yahoo.com Author Baycelebi, Esra Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey Author Turan, Davut Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2020 2020-06-15 96 2 325 344 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241 1860-0743-2-325 531B8DC0565A497BB390B6F9A7444082 9E52AC7E102B5DE894E720AA25F9B010 Acanthobrama microlepis (De Filippi, 1863) Fig. 5a Common / local names. Blackbrow bream / Kura akcapagi *. IUCN status. Least concern (LC). Examined material. FFR 1172, Stream Cakir , 3 km south of Cakildere , Kura drainage, 40.9669N , 42.5861E . - FFR 1167, Stream Oelcek at Oelcek , Kura drainage, 41.1340N , 42.8560E . - FFR 1170, Stream Dogruyol at Dogruyol , Aras drainage, 41.0620N , 43.3450E . - FFR 1196, Aras River at Koepruecay , 39.9699N , 41.8883E . Not preserved, Aras River 4 km west of Donandi , 40.1097N , 43.4349E . - FFR 1165, Stream Gaziler , 2 km west of Donandi , Aras drainage, 40.1097N , 43.4349E . Distribution in the area. Kura and Aras River drainages in northeastern Turkey. Note. Both molecular ( Perea et al. 2010 ) and morphologic ( Kuecuek et al. 2014 ) studies suggested the synonymization of the genus Acanthalburnus with Acanthobrama . Therefore, this species is now under the genus Acanthobrama . Figure 5. Some Leuciscidae species collected in the area, a , Acanthobrama microlepis from Kura River at Yalnizcam ; b , Blicca bjoerkna from B-20 canal, Aras; c , Leuciscus aspius from Lake Cildir , Aras; d , Squalius agdamicus from Kura River at Yalnizcam ; e , Squalius turcicus , from stream Fehmiharabesi, Aras.