Sabanejewia caucasica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	COBITIDAE

Scientific Name:

Sabanejewia caucasica

Species Authority:

(Berg, 1906)

Common Name/s:

English

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Caucasian Golden Loach

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2008
Assessor/s	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Evaluator/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Justification: The species is widespread. Even though the species has many threats, including water abstraction, dams and channelization of lower courses of rivers, it is not believed that these will cause the species to meet any of the criteria for a threatened or Near Threatened Category at present.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Caspian basin: From Kuma, south to lower courses of Iranian costal drainages to Gorgan Bay.
Countries:	Native: Azerbaijan; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Russian Federation; Turkmenistan
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No information.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: Rivulets and streams 3-10 m wide and less than 1 m deep in foothills and plains, sometimes in channels. Usually on gravel, rarely on sand bottom. Usually along steep banks. Biology: Spawns in July-August.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water abstraction in particular in Iran, dams, channelization of the lower courses and drought (predicted to increase in severity due to climate change).

Major Threat(s):

Water abstraction in particular in Iran, dams, channelization of the lower courses and drought (predicted to increase in severity due to climate change).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information.

Conservation Actions:

No information.

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Sabanejewia caucasica. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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