| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINIFORMES | CYPRINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Romanogobio albipinnatus | |||
| Species Authority: | (Lukasch, 1933) | |||
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| Synonym/s: |
Gobio albipinnatus Lukasch, 1933
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| 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) | |||
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Justification: A relatively widespread species, found in the lowland rivers of the Ural and Volga, where it is locally threatened by pollution and river engineering. |
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| Range Description: | Northern Caspian basin (Volga, Ural). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Kazakhstan; Russian Federation
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: | Abundant. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Habitat: Bottom of moderately flowing lowland rivers, prefers sand bottom. Biology: Lives up to five years. Spawns for the first time at two years. Females spawn up to four times during a season at about two-week intervals in May-July. Nocturnal benthic, feeds on insect larvae and other larger benthic invertebrates. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | Pollution and river engineering. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information. |
| Citation: | Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Romanogobio albipinnatus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010. |
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