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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Alburnus: From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Dr Konstantin Michailovich Derjugin (1878–1938) was an oceanographer and marine zoologist at Leningrad State University, and manager of the Oceanic Division of the State Hydrological Institute in Leningrad. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Berg.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Europe and Asia: Streams of the eastern Black Sea basin from Ashe drainage (Russia) to River Harşit (Turkey).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78144)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Freyhof, J. and M. Kottelat, 2007. Alburnus vistonicus, a new species of shemaya from eastern Greece, with remarks on Chalcalburnus chalcoides macedonicus from Lake Volvi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(3):205-212. (Ref. 75107)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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