Techirghiol stickleback

Techirghiol stickleback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Species: G. crenobiontus
Binomial name
Gasterosteus crenobiontus
Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1956
Synonyms
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobionta Băcescu & Mayer, 1956
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956

The Techirghiol stickleback (Gasterosteus crenobiontus) was an endemic fish species, found in the streams inflowing to the coastal hyperhaline Lake Techirghiol in southern Romania. It was a freshwater benthopelagic fish, up to 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) SL in length. It is considered extinct due to hybridization with the three-spined stickleback. The last known occurrence of the species was in the 1960s.[1]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Gasterosteus crenobiontus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 September 2014.


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