Alburnus qalilus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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|status_system=IUCN3.1

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|taxon=Alburnus qalilus

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|authority=Krupp, 1992

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Alburnus qalilus, the Syrian spotted bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, that is endemic to three rivers in Syria; the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi, the Nahr al-Sanawbar and the Nahr al-Hawaiz. It is threatened by pollution, water abstraction and river damming.

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