Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Cyprinodontiformes | Valenciidae |
Scientific Name: | Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) | |||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered A2ace ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2006 |
Date Assessed: | 2006-01-31 |
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Assessor(s): | Crivelli, A.J. |
Reviewer(s): | Carmona, J. & Elvira, B. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004) |
Justification: This species has undergone a population decline of more than 80% in the past 10 years due to habitat (marsh) destruction for urbanisation, agricultural pollution and the introduction of alien predators (Carmona, J and Elvira, B. pers comm). |
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Range Description: | It is restricted to six locations on the Mediterranean coastal area of Spain. (Elvira, B. pers comm). |
Countries occurrence: | Native: Spain |
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Population: | Decreasing. |
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Habitat and Ecology: | It lives in marshes, wetlands and springs. |
Systems: | Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | Drought, habitat destruction, water extraction, domestic and agricultural pollution and introduction of Gambusia holbrooki. |
Conservation Actions: | It is listed in the Annexes II and IV of the European Union Habitats Directive and in the Appendix II of the Bern Convention. There have been introductions of the species into man-made marshes (Elvira, B. pers. comm). |
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Citation: | Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Valencia hispanica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T22829A9392487. . Downloaded on 21 April 2018. |
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