<i>Gobio</i> Genus Species Integrated Management System – Târnava Rivers Study Case (Transylvania, Romania)

Curtean–Bănăduc, Angela; Cismaş, Cristina-Ioana; Bănăduc, Doru

doi:10.2478/trser-2019-0007

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“…Having in mind that ambiguities in species delineations seriously hamper the conservation measures (Kottelat 1998(Kottelat , 2013Economou et al 2007;Kottelat and Freyhof 2009) and that gudgeon species are very important to both conservation and ecology (Lusk and Šlechta 2005;Telcean and Cupşa 2012;Curtean-Bănăduc et al 2019), it is of urgent matter to clarify the taxonomic status of all gudgeon taxa from the Balkan Peninsula. In this context, the goal of this paper is to analyze and present in detail, for the first time, the vertebral formula in gudgeons from North Macedonia following Naseka's (1996) methodology to shed light on the taxonomic potential of the structure of the vertebral column.…”

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First data on the structure of the vertebral column in Gobio and Romanogobio species (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) from Ohrid Lake and the Vardar River basin

Arsovska¹,

Ristovska²,

Simonović³

et al. 2021

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The validity of four gudgeon species known for the ichthyofauna of North Macedonia has been a matter of different taxonomic disputes (except for Gobio ohridanus Karaman, 1924). Recently, a restoration of the species status was proposed for Gobio balcanicus Dimovski et Grupče, 1977 and Romanogobio banarescui (Dimovski et Grupče, 1974). So far, Romanogobio stankoi (Karaman, 1974), has not been a part of any recent investigation and it is still considered as a junior synonym of Romanogobio elimeius (Kattoulas, Stephanidis et Economidis, 1973) or R. banarescui due to the lack of distinctive morphological characters. The osteological characters in the structure of the vertebral column, have significance to the systematics of the gudgeons, especially in elevation of Romanogobio at the level of genus. To contribute to resolving the taxonomic status in these gudgeon species, the goal of this paper is to identify distinctive characters by presenting and analyzing the structure of their vertebral column. Samples were inspected from the fish collections in the Institute of Biology (G. ohridanus), the Institute of Animal Science (G. balcanicus), and the Macedonian Museum of Natural History (both Romanogobio species). Fish samples were X-rayed as well as cleared and double-stained. Obtained data on the number of vertebrae were presented through the vertebral formula following Naseka (1996). Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) was used to check the interrelation between taxa and the number of vertebrae in all units of the vertebral column. G. balcanicus is distinguished from G. ohridanus mainly in the predorsal and preanal subregion (10 vs. 11 vertebrae and 1 vs. 0 vertebrae, respectively), while R. stankoi distinguishes from R. banarescui by the number of vertebrae in the preanal and postanal subregion (2 vs. 4 vertebrae and 19 vs. 17 vertebrae, respectively). The structure of vertebral column offers distinctive morphological characters for the four gudgeon species from Ohird Lake and the Vardar River basin.

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First data on the structure of the vertebral column in Gobio and Romanogobio species (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) from Ohrid Lake and the Vardar River basin

Arsovska¹,

Ristovska²,

Simonović³

et al. 2021

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Romanogobio Banaticus (Bănărescu, 1960) in the Nera River (Danube Basin)

Bănăduc,

Ceauşu,

Mărginean

et al. 2023

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Romanogobio banaticus it is a species of conservation interest with a small distribution range in the south-west of the Romanian Carpathians basin. In spite of the presence of some moderate anthropogenic threats and risks, the Nera River is a sanctuary for this fish. The lower latitude of Nera in comparison with other rivers where this fish is living, explain its presence in an atypical ichthyological zone. This species presence is permanent, the abundance is relatively high, the age structure is well balanced, more than that, in some sectors is a co-dominant species, all of these revealing a favourable conservation status.

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Gobio Genus Species Integrated Management System – Târnava Rivers Study Case (Transylvania, Romania)

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First data on the structure of the vertebral column in Gobio and Romanogobio species (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) from Ohrid Lake and the Vardar River basin

First data on the structure of the vertebral column in Gobio and Romanogobio species (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) from Ohrid Lake and the Vardar River basin

Romanogobio Banaticus (Bănărescu, 1960) in the Nera River (Danube Basin)

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