Cyprinidae

Pontian shemaya

Alburnus sarmaticus

A shemaya now surviving mainly in the Kolpa

• Black
• White
• Temperate
• Upper river
• Restricted distribution
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Alburnus sarmaticus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. Widespread in European rivers: Southern Bug, Dnieper, Danube (in Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria); River Kolpa, an upper tributary to the River Sava in Croatia and Slovenia. Almost extirpated in Danube, to be probably survived only in River Kolpa.