Techirghiol stickleback

The Techirghiol stickleback (Gasterosteus crenobiontus) was an endemic fish species, found in the streams inflowing to the coastal hyperhaline Lake Techirghiol in southern Romania. It was a freshwater benthopelagic fish, up to 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) SL in length. It is considered extinct due to hybridization with the three-spined stickleback. The last known occurrence of the species was in the 1960s.[2]

Techirghiol stickleback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Species:
G. crenobiontus
Binomial name
Gasterosteus crenobiontus
Synonyms
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobionta Băcescu & Mayer, 1956
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956

References

  1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Gasterosteus crenobiontus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135637A4167779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135637A4167779.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Gasterosteus crenobiontus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 25 September 2014.


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