Alburnus volviticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Alburnus volviticus, the Volvi bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus, that is endemic to Greece where it occurred in Lake Volvi and Lake Koronia, although it has now been extirpated from the latter.
Wikipedia contributors, Alburnus volviticus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:58:18.544060+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alburnus volviticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Name authority
- Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Alburnus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyAlburninae Girard, 1858
- genusAlburnus Rafinesque, 1820
- speciesAlburnus volviticus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Alburnus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus amirkabiri Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, Nasri, Jouladeh & Vasil'eva, 2015 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus arborella (Bonaparte, 1841) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus battalgilae Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2007 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus carinatus Battalgil, 1941 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus demiri Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus derjugini Berg, 1923 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus escherichii Steindachner, 1897 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus filippii Kessler, 1877 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chalcalburnus chalcoides macedonicus Stephanidis, 1971 Stephanidis, 1971 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Freyhof, J., & Kottelat, M. (2007). Alburnus vistonicus, a new species of shemaya from eastern Greece, with remarks on Chalcalburnus chalcoides macedonicus from Lake Volvi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat., 18. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:BGZT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.