Sava Shemaya

description

Literature Anonymous 1886; Glowacki 1896; Ćurčić 1910; Vuković 1963 a, 1977 a; Čanković et al. 1968 a, 1968 c; Vuković & Ivanović 1971; Obratil 1982; Veljović 1982; Mikavica et al. 1991; Mikavica & Savić 1999; Radević 2000; Bogut et al. 2006; Kottelat & Freyhof 2007; Vuković et al. 2008; Sofradžija 2009; Drešković et al. 2011; Milanović et al. 2015; Mustafić et al. 2015; Simonović et al. 2015; Bogutskaya et al. 2017; Golub et al. 2017 c; Vucić et al. 2017; Skenderović et al. 2020 b; Dekić et al. 2024.

Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution

discussion

Remarks Vuković (1963 a) listed Chalburnus chalcoides danubicus in BiH for waters of the Danube River Basin, while Vuković (1977 a), Bogut et al. (2006) and Sofradžija (2009) listed C. chalcoides. Kottelat & Freyhof (2007) considered the same species to be Alburnus sarmaticus. However, Bogutskaya et al. (2017) describe the population from the upper Sava River (Danube River Basin) as a different species (A. sava), but only individuals from the Kupa River (Croatia and Slovenia) were available for examination. Vucić et al. (2017) updated the distribution revealing a much more widespread occurrence in the Sava River and its catchment (Bosna River near Zenica), and also in the Drina River in BiH. Additional systematic research from the entire Sava catchment is recommended.

Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution

distribution

Origin and geographic range in BiH Endemic (DBE). Danube River Basin.

Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution

description

Description. The general appearance of Alburnus sava sp. n. can be seen in Figure 1. Relative measurements are provided in Table 1. Variation in ten (of the 16) examined meristic characters is provided in Table 2. The largest specimen, a spent female, is 218 mm SL. As the examined samples are rather small in number of specimens and contain individuals with a wide range in SL, Table 1 also presents the range and mean for the holotype and size groups separately. Body depth at the dorsal-fin origin in the 218 mm-long specimen represented 27 % SL and considerably exceeded the range in body depth of smaller specimens (20 − 23 % SL). The same is found for the depth of the caudal peduncle, 10 % SL (60 % length of caudal peduncle or 1.7 times in its length) vs. 9 % (46 − 54 % length of caudal peduncle or 1.9 − 2.2 times in its length), respectively. However, head length and eye diameter are clearly negatively allometric. The head length mean in the small-size group (63 − 80 mm SL) is 25.8 % SL vs. 22.7 % SL in specimens 174 and 218 mm SL; in smaller specimens the head length considerably exceeds the body depth while in the largest specimen it is much smaller than the latter. The eye diamet

Description of a new species of Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae, Leuciscinae) from the Kolpa River in the Sava River system (upper Danube drainage), with remarks on the geographical distribution of shemayas in the Danube