Alburnus danubicus Antipa, 1909
Danube shemaya
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Alburnus chalcoides danubicus Antipa, 1909
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1943
Apparently only two collections were made of this species, some 34 years apart (Antipa, 1909) and (Drensky, 1943). The reason or reasons for its presumed extinction are unknown.
Distribution
Bulgaria and Romania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
A photograph of a preserved specimen can be seen here: http://monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute/assets/documents/seminars/msi-seminar_10-07-07_kernan_presentation_biofresh.pdf#page=8
References
Original scientific description:
Antipa, G. (1909). Fauna ihtiologicâ a României. Publicatiuniule fondului Vasilie Adamachi, Academia Româna, Bucureşti, 294 pp.
Other references:
Drensky, P. (1943). Chalcalburnus chalcoides Güld. I. v. 31: 343-360. In Bulgarian with German summary. [incomplete citation]
Freyhof, J. and Kottelat, M. (2007). Review of the Alburnus mento species group with description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(3):213-225. [Abstract]
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Alburnus danubicus" in FishBase. April 2010 version.
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