Zingel balcanicus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | PERCIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Zingel balcanicus |
| Species Authority: | (Karaman, 1936) |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s: | Crivelli, A.J. |
| Reviewer/s: | Kottleat, M. & Barbieri, R. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004) |
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Justification: There are no data on the abundance, population trends or threats to this species. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Restricted to the Vardar (Axios) River in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Potentially it may also be present in the lower reaches of the river in Greece. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Greece; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
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| Range Map: |
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Population [top]
| Population: | No data. It is only known from a few museum specimens. The last specimen was collected in 1986 but no real efforts have been made to collect it since then. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It lives in rivers. Nothing else known, but based on the habits of other species in the genus, it requires turbulent water. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Any modification to river morphology may have a potential negative impact. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | None. |
Bibliography [top]
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Economidis, P.S. 1991. Check list of freshwater fishes of Greece. Athens Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature. Economidis, P.S. 1995. Endangered freshwater fishes of Greece. Biological Conservation 72: 201–211. 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. |
| Citation: | Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Zingel balcanicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012. |
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