pearl mullet

English

Alburnus tarichi

Noun

pearl mullet (plural pearl mullets)

1. A species of cyprinid fish, Alburnus tarichi, found in Lake Van of the Armenian Highland in Turkey.
   • 2018 May 25, Eric Hilaire, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Pearl mullets are the only species able to survive in the salty, alkaline waters of the lake but swim upstream to lay eggs in freshwater rivers.

Synonyms

• tarek
• Van fish

Translations

Alburnus tarichi

• Arabic: طِرِّيخ (ṭirrīḵ)
• Armenian: տառեխ (hy) (taṙex)

  Middle Armenian: տարեխ (tarex)

• Russian: таре́х (taréx)
• Turkish: inci kefalı, Van balığı

Further reading

• pearl mullet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia