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Zingel zingel

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES PERCIDAE

Scientific Name: Zingel zingel
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Name/s:
English – Zingel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2011
Assessor/s: Freyhof, J.
Reviewer/s: Kottelat, M. & Smith, K.
Contributor/s: Kottelat, M.
Justification:
A widespread species. The species inhabits clean fast running water and is threatened by dams and pollution. However it withstands the effects and does not qualify for a threatened or Near Threatened categories. Pollution levels are now lowering and dam construction has almost halted within the species range. 

European Union 27 = LC. Same rationale as above.
History:
2008 – Least Concern (IUCN 2008)
1996 – Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Known from Danube and Dniestr drainages.
Countries:
Native:
Austria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; 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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Habitat:
Main course of large rivers, in fast-flowing waters.

Biology:
Nocturnal, benthic. Spawns in March-April on sand bottom. Single females spawn with several males in a dense spawning group. Eggs very sticky and attached to gravel. Feeds on aquatic invertebrates and small fishes.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The species is impacted by dams as it needs strong currents to survive. Pollution also impacted the species, particularly in the upper Danube, in the past however conditions are now improving and populations may be increasing.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: No information available.
Citation: Freyhof, J. 2011. Zingel zingel. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2012.
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