Marine fishes in the Black Sea: recent conservation status


M. H. YANKOVA
D. PAVLOV
P. IVANOVA
E. KARPOVA
A. BOLTACHEV
B. ÖZTÜRK
L. BAT
M. ORAL
M. MGELADZE
Résumé

A revised checklist of the fish fauna of the Black Sea is reported. This paper is the first attempt to present an actual Check List of the fishes in the Black Sea according to the data available in the Black Sea countries, as well as their current conservation status, enlisted in IUCN. The total number of the Black Sea fish species is 189. Concerning the conservation status only two species (1.06 %) are extinct (Acipenser nudiventris and A. sturio), 3.70 % are critically endangered, 16.40 % are vulnerable, 1.06% are endangered, for 10.58 % there is a lack of data, 26.46% has been classified in the category “Least concern”, 2.65 % are “Near threatened” and 38. 10% are “Not evaluated”.

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Bibliographies de l'auteur
M. H. YANKOVA, Institute of Oceanology, BAS, Varna
DR
D. PAVLOV, Society of Innovative Ecologists in Bulgaria, Varna
DR
P. IVANOVA, Institute of Oceanology, BAS, Varna
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E. KARPOVA, Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Sevastopol
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B. ÖZTÜRK, Istanbul University
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M. ORAL, Istanbul University
Istanbul  University, Turkey
M. MGELADZE, Water Ecology and Fisheries Laboratory, National Environmental Agency
Water Ecology andFisheries Laboratory, National Environmental Agency, Georgia
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