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Cobitis pontica Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2006

Pontic spined loach
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Bulgaria country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known so far from the Veleka River on the western coast of the Black Sea in southern Bulgaria (Ref. 57856).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vasil'eva, E.D. and V.P. Vasil'ev, 2006
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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);  pontica: Derived from the ancient Greek name Pont Euxin of the Black Sea..

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Temperate

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Europe: From Veleka (Bulgaria) to Istranca (Turkish Thrace) drainages (Ref. 57856); Marmara Sea basin and lower Sakarya drainage (Anatolia) (Ref. 59043).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm SL (female)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 7-8; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 6. Upper part of the base of the caudal fin with one elongated dark spot; broad axe-shaped lamina Canestrini in males; scales more or les rounded with relatively small central part devoid of cross furrows; Gambetta's zones of pigmentation well developed, the fourth zone consisting of relative large 13-17, usually 16 spots with depth equals or exceeds (the largest spots before dorsal fin) horizontal eye diameter; suborbital spine in females not reaching posterior edge of pupil, but in smaller males reaches as far as the posterior edge of the pupil or some more; the outer branch of this spine usually (85.7%) not reaching the center of the eye; head some shortened and deep with more or less straight profile; karyotype consists of 50 (10 meta-, 30 submeta-, 8 subtelo- and 2 areocentric) chromosomes, the number of chromosomes arms (NF) - 90 (Ref. 57856).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in small brooks to large rivers, in flowing or still waters on sand, silt or mud bottoms (Ref. 59043). Oviparous, possibly with distinct pairing during breeding similar to congeners (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Vasil'eva, E.D. and V.P. Vasil'ev, 2006. Cobtitis pontica sp. nova - a new spined loach species (Cobitidae) from the Bulgarian waters. J. Ichthyol. 46(Suppl. 1):15-20. (Ref. 57856)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 January 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

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):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assumed Fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).