| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINIFORMES | COBITIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Cobitis elongatoides | |||
| Species Authority: | Bacescu & Maier, 1969 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2008 |
| Assessor/s: | Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. |
| Reviewer/s: | Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit) |
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Justification: A widespread species with no known major widespread threats. |
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| Range Description: | Danube, upper Elbe and Odra drainages. Coastal Black Sea drainages south of Danube in Bulgaria and Turkey. Western Anatolia. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Austria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova; Montenegro; Poland; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Ukraine
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| Population: | Abundant. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Habitat: Flowing or still waters from small brooks to large rivers, springs, lakes and oxbows. On sand, silt or mud bottom. Biology: Females live up to five years, males up to three years. Spawns in aquatic vegetation in April-July. Usually occurring together with hybridogenous, sperm-parasitic lineages, which have originated by hybridisation with C. taenia and C. tanaitica. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | No major threats known. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information. |
| Citation: | Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Cobitis elongatoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012. |
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