Alosa vistonica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Alosidae
Genus
Alosa
Species
Alosa vistonica
Scientific Name
Alosa vistonica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Alosa vistonica

Alosa vistonica the Thracian shad, is an extinct species of shad, a freshwater fish in the family Alosidae. It was endemic to a single shallow lake, Lake Vistonida in northeastern Greece. It was officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in October 2024 as the species has not been recorded within its only known distribution since 1995.

It was likely driven to extinction through pollution sewage and industrial effluents, destruction of spawning sites by agricultural development and increased salinity following the opening of a canal into the sea.

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Alosa vistonica in languages:

Chinese
希臘西鯡
Czech
placka řecká
English
Thracian Shad
Estonian
Vistonisi aloosa
Modern Greek
Θρίτσα
Modern Greek
Thritsa