Recent data on the fish fauna of the lower Cerna River (Danube River System) with special remarks on the first occurrence of Balkan Loach Cobitis elongata (Pisces, Teleostei, Cobitidae)

By

Togor, Andrei
Drimbea, Marcus
Oțel, Vasile
Telcean, Ilie
Vodă, Mihai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-12-31

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

68

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

301--309

Subjects

Balkan loach , Cerna River , Cobitidae , Cobitis elongata , freshwater fish

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e162484

 

Abstract

<br> This paper presents the recent results of the fish faunal study carried out in the lower course of the Cerna River, between the confluence with its main tributary (Belareca River), and until its discharge into the Danube. The study was carried out between 2020&amp;ndash;2024 and refers to four sampling stations. Nineteen fish species were identified, besides the first occurrence of<br> Cobitis elongata &amp;ndash;<br> the Balkan loach. The first record of this species in Cerna River is an important discovery as long as the previous data, including fish surveys in the studied area, do not mention the species in this river system.<br>