Alburnus nicaeensis Battalgil, 1941
Iznik shemaya
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Alburnus chalcoides nicaeensis Battalgil, 1941
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of A. derjugini) (Freyhof et al., 2025:834)
Last record: late 1900's (Freyhof, 2014a,b)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Lake Iznik basin, Turkey
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Battalgil, F. (1941). Les poissons des eaux douces de la Turquie. Revue de la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université d’Istanbul, Série B, Sciences Naturelles 6: 170-186.
Other references:
Bektas, Yusuf et al. (2020). Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the genus Alburnus Heckel, 1843 (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) in Turkey. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 31(7): 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2020.1791840
Freyhof, J. (2014a). Alburnus nicaeensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 06 July 2014.
Freyhof, J. (2014b). Alburnus nicaeensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T19018670A19222798. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19018670A19222798.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.
Freyhof, J. and Kottelat, M. (2007). Alburnus vistonicus, a new species from eastern Greece, with remarks on Chalcaburnus chalcoides macedonicus from Lake Volvi. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18.
Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash and Kaya, Cüneyt. (2025). Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 [p. 834]
Özuluğ, M. and Freyhof, J. (2007). Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(3): 233-246. [Abstract]
Vardakas, Leonidas, Perdikaris, Costas, Freyhof, Jörg, Zimmerman, Brian, Ford, Matthew, Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos, Koutsikos, Nicholas, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Chamoglou, Maria and Kalogianni, Eleni. (2025). Global Patterns and Drivers of Freshwater Fish Extinctions: Can We Learn From Our Losses? Global Change Biology 31(5): e70244. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70244 [Table S1]
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