View source for Biology:Alburnus leobergi

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| image = Alburnus leobergi.jpg
| image_caption = from the Derkul River (Donets River basin), {{wipe|Ukraine}}
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |date=2008 |title=''Alburnus leobergi'' |volume=2008 |page=e.T135645A4169722 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135645A4169722.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Alburnus
| species = leobergi
| display_parents = 3
| authority = Freyhof & Kottelat, 2007
}}

'''''Alburnus leobergi''''' is a species of [[Biology:Ray-finned fish|ray-finned fish]] in the genus ''[[Biology:Alburnus|Alburnus]]''; it is widespread in [[Place:Eastern Europe|Eastern Europe]] in the Sea of Azov basin. A landlocked population exists in Tsimlyansk Reservoir (Don drainage). It is a benthopelagic fish, up to 40.3&nbsp;cm long. 

Landlocked adult populations breed in reservoir tributaries and return to sea after spawning. Populations declined in early and middle 20th century due to the construction of dams. Remaining populations continue to spaw below these dams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alburnus leobergi |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/64199 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=www.fishbase.se}}</ref>

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[[Category:Alburnus]]



{{Sourceattribution|Alburnus leobergi}}