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Umbra krameri Walbaum, 1792

Mudminnow
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Austria country information

Common names: European mud-minnow, Hundsfisch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: AFMAFEWM (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management), 2011
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref: AFMAFEWM (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management), 2011
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Danube drainage (Ref. 59043). Considered extirpated in 1992 (Ref. 33852). However, this species was rediscovered also in 1992 since its reported extinction in 1975 (Ref. 96015). Reported by Peter Adamicka (pers. comm.) that it is becoming "commercial" again and that it occurs in the side (oxbow) arms of the Danube E of Vienna. Status of threat: Critically endangered; EU FFH Directive - II (Ref. 87703).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/au.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gerstmeier, R. and T. Romig, 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

European mud-minnow, European mudminnow, Hundsfisch, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows) > Umbridae (Mudminnows)
Etymology: Umbra: Latin, umbra, -ae = shadow, in the sense of phantom; due to its quick movements (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 5 - ?; non-migratory; depth range 0 - ? m.   Temperate; 5°C - 24°C (Ref. 26183); 49°N - 43°N, 9°E - 31°E

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