| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | GOBIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Knipowitschia thessala | |||
| Species Authority: | (Vinciguerra, 1921) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered B2ab(ii,iii,v) ver 3.1 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2006 | |||||||||
| Assessor/s | Crivelli, A.J. | |||||||||
| Evaluator/s: | Barbieri, R. & Kottelat, M. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004) | |||||||||
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Justification: This species has been largely extirpated from Lake Karla, due to almost total draining of the lake, and from the Kefalobriso spring (the type-locality), near the village Chasambali due to water extraction. It is still present, and possibly stable, in less than five locations (one location being the interconnecting channels of Lake Karla) within the Pinios river catchment with an estimated area of occupancy (AOO) <20 km². |
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| Range Description: | Restricted to the Pinios River catchment in Thessaly in Central Greece. Formerly, it was common in lake Karla, which has since been almost drained leaving only a few remaining isolated subpopulations. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Greece
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| Population: | Unknown |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Lives in springs and well-oxygenated streams rich in aquatic vegetation. It is also found in creeks, in brackish water, and in irrigation channels. It does not appear to need well-oxygenated waters. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | Habitat destruction and water pollution. |
| Conservation Actions: | Listed in the Appendix III of the Bern Convention as Gobius thessalus. |
| Citation: | Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Knipowitschia thessala. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010. |
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