Techirghiol stickleback

Techirghiol stickleback
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
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

^ 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.

External links

Gasterosteus crenobiontus at FishBase

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[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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