Sabanejewia larvata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	COBITIDAE

Scientific Name:

Sabanejewia larvata

Species Authority:

(De Filippi, 1859)

Common Name/s:

English

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Italian Loach

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2006

Assessor/s:

Crivelli, A.J.

Reviewer/s:

Bianco, G. & Kottelat, M. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004)

Justification:
This is widely distributed species for which there is no evidence of decline and which is more widely distributed than previously though.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/near threatened

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Restricted to the Padua-Venetian region in northern Italy. The detailed distribution still unknown. Transplanted into Lake Trasimeno and the Tiber and Ombrone river basins.
Countries:	Native: Italy
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Population [top]

Population:	Reportedly decreasing but has probably been overlooked in surveys.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Lives in standing and running waters in the lowland and hill zones with sand or mud substrates rich in vegetation. Also found in drainage channels.The breeding season occurs from May to July. Females are larger than males but sexual dimorphism in size is not so evident as in the Spined Loach, Cobitis taenia with which S. larvata often occurs sympatrically.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat destruction and water pollution.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat destruction and water pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	Bianco, P.G. 1995. Mediterranean endemic freshwater fishes of Italy. Biological Conservation 72: 159–170. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. Biologia 52(5): 1-271. Perdices, E., Doadrio, I., Economidis, P.S. and Banarescu, P. 2003. Pleistocene effects on the European freshwater fish fauna: double origin of the cobitid genus Sabanejewia in the Danube basin (Osteichthyes: Cobitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 289–299. Rasotto, M.B., Marconato, A., Comuzzi, M. and Cardellini, P. 1990. Observations on the biology of the masked loach, Sabanejewia larvata De Filippi (Pisces, Cobitidae). Rivista di Idrobiologia 29: 445–460.

Bianco, P.G. 1995. Mediterranean endemic freshwater fishes of Italy. Biological Conservation 72: 159–170.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. Biologia 52(5): 1-271.

Perdices, E., Doadrio, I., Economidis, P.S. and Banarescu, P. 2003. Pleistocene effects on the European freshwater fish fauna: double origin of the cobitid genus Sabanejewia in the Danube basin (Osteichthyes: Cobitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 289–299.

Rasotto, M.B., Marconato, A., Comuzzi, M. and Cardellini, P. 1990. Observations on the biology of the masked loach, Sabanejewia larvata De Filippi (Pisces, Cobitidae). Rivista di Idrobiologia 29: 445–460.

Citation:	Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Sabanejewia larvata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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