| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CEPHALASPIDOMORPHI | PETROMYZONTIFORMES | PETROMYZONTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Eudontomyzon hellenicus | |||
| Species Authority: | Vladykov, Renaud, Kott & Economidis, 1982 | |||
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Work is needed to confirm that the Lourus population is conspecific with the type locality in Strymon. | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2006 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Crivelli, A.J. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Barbieri, R. & Kottelat, M. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004) | |||
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Justification: This species is only known from two river basins with a total estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) <100 km² and area of occupancy (AOO) <10 km². Extensive survey has failed to find this species in one of these basins, the Louros, indicating a decline in the EOO and AOO. There is also a reported decline in quality of habitat due to water pollution, the number of locations, and number of mature individuals. It is also quite possible that the population within the Strymon river basin no longer exists — more survey work is recommended. On this basis the species is assessed as Critically Endangered. |
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| Range Description: | Only known from the Strymon and Louros basins in Greece. In the Strymon basin, it is located only in two brooks (Ayannis spring and Mylopotamos Kefalari). More recent, extensive survey has, however, failed to find the species in the Louros basin. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Greece
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| Population: | No data. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It lives in cold water springs and spring-fed streams. Reproduction takes place in December and January. It is a non-parasitic lamprey and it does not feed as an adult. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | Habitat destruction, water extraction. |
| Conservation Actions: | Listed in Annex II of European Union Habitat Directive and in Appendix III of the Bern Convention. Protected by a special national law in Greece (not enforced). |
| Citation: | Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Eudontomyzon hellenicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012. |
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