| Main Ref. | Bogutskaya, N.G., P. Zupančič and A.M. Naseka, 2010 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: anal fin with 11½-13½ branched rays; 44-48 large scales on the total pored lateral line; total vertebrae usually 40 (20+20); shallow caudal peduncle (depth 35-43% body depth at dorsal fin origin); usually mostly or completely scaled ventral keel; mouth with a straight and upturned cleft; interorbital width 1.1-1.4 times the eye diameter; completely ossified preethmoid; and narrow, very deeply indented anterior tip of the urohyal, a unique feature among species of Alburnoides from western Europe (Ref. 85842). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 46 - 48 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 7 - 9 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 20 - 21 |
| total | 40 - 41 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 12 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 15 - 17 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |