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Alosa macedonica (Liparia; Macedonia shad)

Synonyms: Alosa alosa macedonica; Alosa caspia macedonica; Alosa macedonia; Clupea macedonica (homotypic)
Language: Czech; Greek; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Alosa macedonica, or the Macedonian shad (also known as liparia), is a landlocked species of clupeid fish endemic to Greece. Its single natural occurrence is the freshwater Lake Volvi in northern Greece. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Alosa macedonica

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Alosa macedonica

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  330 grams
Maximum Longevity [2]  10 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
LIMNES KORONEIAS - VOLVIS, STENA RENTINAS KAI EVRYTERI PERIOCHI 399400 Greece  
LIMNES VOLVI KAI LAGKADA - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI 66589 Greece  
STENA RENTINAS - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI 7179 Greece  

Prey / Diet

Alburnus alburnus (Bleak)[3]
Knipowitschia caucasica (Goby)[3]
Rutilus rutilus (Roach)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0