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Cyprinidae
Thracian shemaya
Alburnus istanbulensis
A shemaya spawning on rocks in Thracian streams
- White
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumThracian shemaya is a freshwater fish found around Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Alburnus
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: Turkey in coastal streams of Thrace from Karasu (Marmara Sea drainage) to Papuç (Black Sea drainage), and Lake Sapanca.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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