Valencia hispanica

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	CYPRINODONTIFORMES	CYPRINODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Valencia hispanica

Species Authority:

(Valenciennes, 1846)

Common Name/s:

English

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Valencia Toothcarp

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A2ace ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2006

Assessor/s

Crivelli, A.J.

Evaluator/s:

Carmona, J. & Elvira, B. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004)

Justification:
This species has undergone a population decline of more than 80% in the past 10 years due to habitat (marsh) destruction for urbanisation, agricultural pollution and the introduction of alien predators (Carmona, J and Elvira, B. pers comm).

History:

1996	–	Endangered
1994	–	Endangered (IUCN)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	It is restricted to six locations on the Mediterranean coastal area of Spain. (Elvira, B. pers comm).
Countries:	Native: Spain

Population [top]

Population:	Decreasing.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in marshes, wetlands and springs.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Drought, habitat destruction, water extraction, domestic and agricultural pollution and introduction of Gambusia holbrooki.

Major Threat(s):

Drought, habitat destruction, water extraction, domestic and agricultural pollution and introduction of Gambusia holbrooki.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is listed in the Annexes II and IV of the European Union Habitats Directive and in the Appendix II of the Bern Convention. There have been introductions of the species into man-made marshes (Elvira, B. pers. comm).

Conservation Actions:

It is listed in the Annexes II and IV of the European Union Habitats Directive and in the Appendix II of the Bern Convention. There have been introductions of the species into man-made marshes (Elvira, B. pers. comm).

Citation:	Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Valencia hispanica. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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