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BLACK SEA FISH CHECK LIST

Contents

Black Sea Fishes List

Black Sea Sea Fishes List

References

Annex I. Freshwater Fishel List (species distributed in Black Sea eustuarine areas)

Abbreviations used:

• RBS- Black Sea Red Data Book
• RDB - Red Data Book of Bulgaria
• RBU- Red Data Book of Ukraine
• IUCN- Word Red List
• BS RL-Black Sea Regional level
• BS SL- Black Sea Subregion level
• Extinct (EX) - No individuals remaining.
• Extinct in the Wild (EW) - Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.
• Critically Endangered (CR) - Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
• Endangered (EN) - High risk of extinction in the wild.
• Vulnerable (VU) - High risk of endangerment in the wild.
• Near Threatened (NT) - Likely to become endangered in the near future.
• Least Concern (LC) - Lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in thiscategory.
• Data Deficient (DD) - Not enough data to make an assessment of its risk of extinction.
• Not Evaluated (NE) - Has not yet been evaluated against the criteria.
• C – Cosmopolit ; A - Atlanto-Mediterranean; E – Endemic; (B) - for Black Sea ; (M) - for Mediterraean Sea ; Eu W - European Waters;
• (*) rare species in the Black Sea.
• BS states: BG- Bulgaria; GE- Georgia; RO- Romania; RU- Russian Federation; TU- Turkey; UA- Ukraine

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the Black Sea Commission and especially to Dr. Violeta Velikova for initation of a procedure for Black Sea species circumscription.

Each species description includes the following information

•  names: full scientific name, common names in the official languages of the Black Sea countries (Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian,

  Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian);

•  taxonomy: family, order;
•  habitat;
•  IUCN status: Black Sea regional level (regional view on population status), subregional (national) levels; origin;
•  3 Alpha Code, Taxonomic Code;

List of Authors

Fish in the Black Sea [under construction]

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