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Alburnus chalcoides in Greece
Danube bleak

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Alburnus chalcoides   (Güldenstädt, 1772)
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Chcha_u6.jpg) by Margies, P.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Danube bleak
Max. size:	40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 556)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	temperate; 5 - 20°C; 61°N - 38°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-5; tmax=9; K=0.10)
Distribution:	Europe: Austria to Kazakhstan. Stocks reduced, conservation measures in force (Ref. 4537). Widely spread in the river systems of the Black, Caspian and Aral seas (Ref. 33550). Black Sea basin: Bulgaria (Veleka drainages), Turkey (Resowska drainages) (Ref. 59043). In Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).
Biology:	Adults feed on plankton and insects, less frequent on small benthic animals. Eastern populations migrate upstream for spawning (Ref. 13696). Larvae and young juveniles feed on zooplankton, algae and insect larvae (Ref. 59043)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Freyhof, J. and M. Kottelat. 2007. (Ref. 75107)
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Greece country information
Common names:	Alaïa, Γελάρτζα, Αλάια, Gelartsa		Ref:  Economidis, P.S., 1973
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gr.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Borbori, D.C., P.S. Economidis and E.G. Maurakis, 2001
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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07