Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Cypriniformes > Family: Cyprinidae > Genus: Alburnus > Species: Alburnus chalcoides

Caspian shemaya - Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Endangered (IUCN)
Protected by EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites 6 are designated for this species

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode Country Site name Action
SI3000175 Slovenia Kolpa Map
SI3000263 Slovenia Kočevsko Map
AT2119000 Austria Gut Walterskirchen Map
AT2130000 Austria Lendspitz-Maiernigg Map
AT3117000 Austria Mond- und Attersee Map
AT2125000 Austria Reifnitzbach Map

Protected sites

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Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Ablette de lacs French Fishbase
Ablette du Danube French EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Alburno del Danubio Italian EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Alburno del Danubio Spanish EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Allas küsz Hungarian Fishbase
Caspian shemaya English Fishbase
Danube Bleak English Fishbase
Donauløje Danish Fishbase
Kislarischer Hering German Fishbase
Mairenke German Fishbase
Oblet-mare Romanian Fishbase
Pegunca Slovenian Fishbase
Purrize Albanian Fishbase
Schemaja German Fishbase
Schiedling German Fishbase
Seelaube German Fishbase
Shemaja Russian Fishbase
Shemaya English EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Szemaja Polish Fishbase
Szemaja aralska Polish Fishbase
Szemaja batumska Polish Fishbase
Szemaja czarnomorska Polish Fishbase
Tatlisu kolyoz baligi Turkish Fishbase
Tonavansalakka Finnish Fishbase
Ucley Bulgarian Fishbase
Velka pliska Serbian Fishbase
Synonym Author
Chalcalburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)
Alburnus mentoides Kessler, 1859
Chalcalburnus chalcoides mento (Agassiz, 1832)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

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