Gasterosteus crenobiontus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
ACTINOPTERYGII |
GASTEROSTEIFORMES |
GASTEROSTEIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Gasterosteus crenobiontus |
| Species Authority: |
Bacescu & Mayer, 1956 |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Techirghiol Stickleback |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Extinct
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2008 |
| Assessor/s: |
Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit) |
Justification:
The species was last recorded in the 1960's. The extinction is a result of hybridisation with G. aculeatus. The springs inhabited by G. crenobiontus used to be separated from the habitat of G. aculeatus by a hypersaline lake that served as a barrier between the species. Irrigation works transformed the lake into a brackish one, which was invaded by migratory G. aculeatus. Survey work since the 1960's, most recently in 1998, have failed to find the species.
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population: |
Last recorded in the 1960's. Further surveys, most recently in 1998, all failed to find the species.
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Habitat:
Freshwater springs.
Biology:
Spawns during an extended period, in February-October.
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| Systems: |
Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
Hybridisation with G. aculeatus which invaded its habitat when irrigation transformed the hypersaline lake which served as a natural barrier between the two species.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
None.
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Bibliography
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Bacescu, M. and Mayer, R. [Maier]. 1956. Cercetari asupra ghidrinilor (Gasterosteus aculeatus) din apele rominesti.
Banarescu, P. 1994. The present-day conservation status of the fresh water fish fauna of Romania.
IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland.
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