Alburnus selcuklui, a new species from a branch of Botan stream of the River Tigris in East Anatolia Turkey, is
distinguished from other Anatolian Alburnus species by the anal-fin origin 0-4 scales behind the base of the dorsal fin-base,
70-80 + 3-4 lateral line scales, 10-15 gill rakers, 8½-9 branched dorsal-fin rays, 11-12½ branched anal-fin rays, snout
rounded, prominent epidermal lateral stripe and lateral body without black pigmentation along and below lateral line.