Cobitis elongatoides
Taxonomy [top]
| 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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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 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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Geographic Range [top]
| 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 [top]
| Population: | Abundant. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| 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 |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | No major threats known. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | No information. |
Bibliography [top]
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Freyhof, J., Rab, P. and Bohlen, J. 2000. The valid names of some European species of the genus Cobitis (Teleostei, Cobitidae). IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). Janko, K., Kotlík, P. and Ráb, P. 2003. Evolutionary history of asexual hybrid loaches (Cobitis: Teleostei) inferred from phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation. Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-sys tematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation. Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. Nalbant, T.T. 1993. Some problems in the systematics of the genus Cobitis and its relatives (Pisces, Ostariophysi, Cobitidae). |
| 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 23 May 2012. |
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