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According to a systematic list of the Romanian vertebrate fauna, there are 732 species of vertebrates living in Romania. When grouped into classes, the largest number of these species are birds, with 382 species, followed by fish with 184. 110 of these species are mammals, 31 are reptiles, 20 are amphibians, while only four belong to the Cyclostomata class of jawless fish.
The common chub (Squalius cephalus), also known as the European chub or simply chub, [2] [1] is a species of European freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family Cyprinidae, that frequents both slow and moderate rivers, as well as canals, lakes and still waterbodies of various kinds.
This fish was described in 1957 by Romanian student scientists M. Dumitrescu, P. Bănărescu, and N. Stoica. Local names include asprete, poprete, and sforete. Endemic to a very restricted area in southern Romania, it was found in the upper reach of the Argeş River and in two of its tributaries: Râul Doamnei and Vâlsan. Due to hydrotechnical ...
The Romanian barbel (Barbus petenyi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus. It occurs in the lower Danube basin of Bulgaria and Romania, as well as in several rivers of Bulgaria flowing into the Black Sea, such as Kamchiya. [2] The species is named after János Salamon Petényi. Males can reach 25 cm in length.
The book does not contain any color illustrations. The fourth edition was the first to incorporate the wide use of DNA analysis, revising many earlier classifications. The first edition appeared in 1976, the second in 1984, the third in 1994 ( John Wiley & Sons , ISBN 0-471-54713-1 ), the fourth in March 2006 ( ISBN 0-471-25031-7 ), and the ...
Lake Techirghiol, Romania Last recorded in the 1960s. Extinct as a result of hybridization with the three-spined stickleback ; the springs it inhabited were separated from the latter's habitat by a hypersaline lake acting as barrier between the species, until irrigation works transformed the lake into a brackish one that was invaded by ...
Pages in category "Freshwater fish of Europe" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 216 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
These fish have two types of tuberous electroreceptor: [note 2] the Knollenorgan [43] and the Mormyromast. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Both organs are found in adult individuals, where they are lightly covered by epithelial cells and skin, while their sensitivity ranges from 0.1 mV and 10 mV/cm/ Tens of Hz up to more than a kHz .