Common names:
Antalya bleak
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known only from Anatolian Mediterranean Sea watersheds; Manavgat River, Antalya (Ref. 106151). Sensitive to human activities. Considered a keystone species. Populations have declined significantly. Threatened due to habitat loss, eutrophication/pollution, construction of weirs/dams in rivers and water abstraction. Proposed for Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive (Ref. 58342).
Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 58342). "nEurTurk."
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Bogutskaya, N.G., F. Kucuk and E. Unlu, 2000
National Database:
CLOMFOT
Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Alburnus:From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
