Alburnus belvica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Alburnus belvica
Species Authority:	(Karaman, 1924)
Synonym/s:	Chalcalburnus belvica (Karaman, 1924)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Crivelli, A.J.
Reviewer/s:	Freyhof. J. & Kottelat, M. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is restricted to two connected lakes where it is at risk from the potential threat of introduced alien species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Restricted to Lakes Megali and Mikri Prespa in north-western Greece, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Countries:	Native: Albania; Greece; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
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Population [top]

Population:	Abundant, stable.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in lakes and reproduces in May-June. It is pelagic visiting the littoral zone only for spawning. In Megali Prespa, it can also spawn in the tributaries of the lake. It is short-lived and is heavily predated upon by fish-eating birds nesting there.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water pollution, overfishing, and water extraction resulting in a reduction in water levels due to karstic nature of these lakes. Formerly, it was commercial exploited but the fishery has now ceased. There is also a potential threat of introduced species.

Major Threat(s):

Water pollution, overfishing, and water extraction resulting in a reduction in water levels due to karstic nature of these lakes. Formerly, it was commercial exploited but the fishery has now ceased. There is also a potential threat of introduced species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Alburnus belvica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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