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Phoxinus strandjae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINIFORMES CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name: Phoxinus strandjae
Species Authority: Drensky, 1926

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered B1ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s: Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
The species is known from the Resowska (Turkey) and Veleka (Bulgaria) drainages in the Black Sea basin with an extent of occurrence of around 2,000 km². Drought is threatening the species and water abstraction is also a potential threat, a decline in annual discharge of the Veleka has been recorded.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Veleka and Resowska drainages, draining from the Strandzha (Yildiz Daglari) range to Black Sea (Bulgaria, Turkey).
Countries:
Native:
Bulgaria; Turkey
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Population [top]

Population: No information.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Habitat:
Small streams with clear, well oxygenated water, over gravel to stone bottom.

Biology:
No data.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Drought, and water abstraction is also a potential threat to the species, a decline in annual discharge of the Veleka has been recorded.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: No information.
Citation: Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Phoxinus strandjae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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