Alburnus

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Range Description:

Lower Struma drainage and Lakes Volvi and Koronia (Greece).

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat:
Open waters of medium to large rivers. Forages close to surface.

Biology:
No data.

Systems

  • Freshwater
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Depth range based on 839 specimens in 3 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 18 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 1 - 20
  Temperature range (°C): 5.286 - 5.912
  Nitrate (umol/L): 1.680 - 1.709
  Salinity (PPS): 5.681 - 5.722
  Oxygen (ml/l): 8.631 - 8.684
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.114 - 0.114
  Silicate (umol/l): 14.483 - 14.574

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 1 - 20

Temperature range (°C): 5.286 - 5.912

Nitrate (umol/L): 1.680 - 1.709

Salinity (PPS): 5.681 - 5.722

Oxygen (ml/l): 8.631 - 8.684

Silicate (umol/l): 14.483 - 14.574
 
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:262
Specimens with Sequences:261
Specimens with Barcodes:259
Species:30
Species With Barcodes:30
Public Records:240
Public Species:28
Public BINs:16

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Barcode data:

Access Published & Released Data: Download FASTA File

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

NT
Near Threatened

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2008

Assessor/s

Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.

Reviewer/s

Barbieri, R., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)

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Justification

The species is known from the lower Struma drainage and Lake Volvi, it is extirpated from Lake Koronia (Greece) when the lake dried in 2002 due to water abstraction and drought. The estimated extent of occurrence for the species is 10,000 km, and it is threatened in some parts of its range by water pollution, abstraction and drought (not a threat currently or in the near future in Lake Volvi or Struma main channel). The species is found in more than 10 locations based on the main threat of water abstraction.
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Population:

Population

Very abundant. In the resevoir created by a dam on the Struma river, the species is very abundant.

Population Trend

Unknown
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Threats:

Major Threats

Water abstraction and pollution is a potential threat to the species in the Struma tributaries. In August of 1995 almost all fish died in Lake Koronia, due to anoxic conditions provoked by extreme pollution. The lake totally dried in 2002.
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Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions

No information.
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Alburnus:

Alburnus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks.[1] A group of species in the genus are known as shemayas.[2] The genus occurs in the western Palearctic ecozone, and the center of diversity is in Turkey.[3]

The genus Chalcalburnus is now part of Alburnus.[4]

Species[edit]

There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus:


Alburnus arborella


Alburnus leobergi

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Buj, I., Vukić, J., Šanda, R., Perea, S., Ćaleta, M., Marčić, Z., Bogut, I., Povž, M. & Mrakovčić, M. (2010). Morphological comparison of bleaks (Alburnus, Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species. Folia Zoologica, 59 (2): 129-141.
  2. ^ a b Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2007): Alburnus vistonicus, a new species of shemaya from eastern Greece, with remarks on Chalcalburnus chalcoides macedonicus from Lake Volvi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (3): 205-212.
  3. ^ a b Özuluğ, M. & Freyhof, J. (2007): Alburnus demiri, a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (4): 307-312
  4. ^ a b c Özuluğ, M. & Freyhof, J. (2007): Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (3): 233-246.
  5. ^ Mousavi-Sabet, H. Vatandoust, S., Khataminejad, S., Eagderi, S., Abbasi, K., Nasri, M., Jouladeh, A. & Vasil’eva, E.D. (2015): Alburnus amirkabiri (Teleostei), a New Species of Shemaya from the Namak Lake Basin, Iran. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (1): 40-52.
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