Albania country information

Common names: Mrena e egër e Prespës
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Lake Prespa (Ref. 26100). Status of threat: vulnerable (Ref. 59043).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Crivelli, A.J., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Prespa spined loach, Βρυγοβελονίτσα, Vrygovelonitsa, ... more

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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: Cobitis: Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Subtropical; 41°N - 40°N, 20°E - 21°E

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Europe: Lake Prespa (Greece, Albania, and Macedonia).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 59043); 11.0 cm SL (female); edad máxima reportada: 1.00 años (Ref. 59043)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Pigmentation (Gambetta's longitudinal zone of pigmentation): blotches of zonez Z2 and Z4 grey to olive, edges not sharply contrasted; zonesZ1 and Z3 absent or very poorly defined and present only on anterior half of body. Presence of two laminae circularis.

Adults inhabit lakes and highland water courses, with sand or mud bottom and underwater vegetation (Ref. 59043). Feed on invertebrates. Spawn in April and May (Ref. 59043). Oviparous, with distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Threatened due to water abstraction and pollution (Ref. 26100).

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During courtship, 'the male follows the female and, after both enter dense vegetation (e.g. filamentous algae), the male forms a complete ring around the female's body behind the dorsal as the female releases the eggs' (Ref. 59043). Probably a multiple spawner (Ref. 59043).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable, ver lista roja de la UICN (VU) (D2); Date assessed: 31 January 2006

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00254 - 0.01244), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (tmax = 1; Assumed Fec < 10,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Cobitis meridionalis Karaman, 1924