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The Danube river basin is home to such fish species as pike, zander, huchen, Wels catfish, burbot and tench. It is also home to numerous diverse carp and sturgeon, as well as salmon and trout. A few species of euryhaline fish, such as European seabass, mullet, and eel, inhabit the Danube Delta and the lower portion of the river.
The huchen is endemic to the Danube basin in Europe where the remaining population is threatened primarily by river damming, resulting in habitat fragmentation and loss through river impoundment and disruption of the longitudinal continuity of rivers, cutting away fish from its spawning grounds, with overfishing and fisheries mismanagement as an additional issue in many areas.
The Biharian barbel (Barbus biharicus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.It is found in the Sebes-Körös River in Hungary and Romania. [1]A recent study, [2] in 2016, discovered a new species of barbels, named as the Barbus biharicus, in the Danube river basin.
Common carp by Alexander Francis Lydon. The type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers). [2] [4]The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Amur carp), native to eastern Asia, was recognized in the past, [4] but recent authorities treat it as a separate species under the name Cyprinus rubrofuscus.
In the Danube River basin, species is also mentioned as non-indigenous in the Tisza River. [6] In the Upper Danube it was registered in Austrian and German parts up to the City of Straubing. [7] [8] During 2000–2002 рр. this species was registered in small streams of the Black Sea coast of Eastern Turkey [9] Since March 2009 the fish is ...
Romanogobio uranoscopus, also known as the Danubian longbarbel gudgeon, Danubian gudgeon, Danube gudgeon or the steingressling, is a European species of freshwater cyprinid fish. It can be found in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The cactus roach (Rutilus virgo) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the basin of the Danube River upstream of the Iron Gate, very numerous in the Sava basin. It is also recorded in the Ukrainian Zakarpattian region. This freshwater fish is up to 55 cm (22 in) long, [2] averaging 40 cm (16 in). [3]
Category:Danube basin is a sub-category of Category:Drainage basins and part of WP:WikiProject Rivers. Content. This category is intended for all waterbodies (i.e. rivers, lakes, canals, marshes, etc.) that form part of the drainage basin of the main river. To search geographically, use the Category:Rivers by country and Category:Rivers by ...