First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia

We present recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes from the rivers in Danube basin in Slovenia after 2000. Strictly, only confirmed and unambiguous records (specimen, picture) were taken into account. The sterlet and the Siberian sturgeon have been occasionally found in rivers and Russian stur...

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Main Authors: Marijan Govedič, Thomas Friedrich
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2018-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16688
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description We present recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes from the rivers in Danube basin in Slovenia after 2000. Strictly, only confirmed and unambiguous records (specimen, picture) were taken into account. The sterlet and the Siberian sturgeon have been occasionally found in rivers and Russian sturgeons in gravel pits, while sterlets, Siberian sturgeons, Russian sturgeons and the paddlefish are still farmed in some ponds. The Siberian sturgeons were released in the Mura and Sava River in 2016, but the species is as »exotic pet fish« present in more water bodies. The presence of sturgeons in gravel pits is unknown. The Siberian sturgeon can be relatively easily misidentified with the sterlet, so the catches in the Mura and Sora Rivers in 2009 were misidentified as sterlet, while the Siberian sturgeon was actually captured. The last sterlet in Slovenian rivers was captured in the Drava River in 2001, and even this individual had probably been released in Austria. The occurrence of sturgeons in Slovenian rivers in the last eighteen years does not seem to be connected with migration and revival of natural populations in the lower part of the Drava and Sava Rivers.
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spelling doaj-art-b503800f2d004769aea8ce69003c85b22025-01-29T20:47:12ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Natura Sloveniae1580-08141854-30812018-12-0120210.14720/ns.20.2.5-16First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in SloveniaMarijan Govedič0Thomas Friedrich1Center za kartografijo favne in flore, Klunova 3, SI-1000 LjubljanaInstitut für Hydrobiologie und Gewässermanagement, Universität für Bodenkultur, Max-Emanuel-Straße 17, A-1180 Wien We present recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes from the rivers in Danube basin in Slovenia after 2000. Strictly, only confirmed and unambiguous records (specimen, picture) were taken into account. The sterlet and the Siberian sturgeon have been occasionally found in rivers and Russian sturgeons in gravel pits, while sterlets, Siberian sturgeons, Russian sturgeons and the paddlefish are still farmed in some ponds. The Siberian sturgeons were released in the Mura and Sava River in 2016, but the species is as »exotic pet fish« present in more water bodies. The presence of sturgeons in gravel pits is unknown. The Siberian sturgeon can be relatively easily misidentified with the sterlet, so the catches in the Mura and Sora Rivers in 2009 were misidentified as sterlet, while the Siberian sturgeon was actually captured. The last sterlet in Slovenian rivers was captured in the Drava River in 2001, and even this individual had probably been released in Austria. The occurrence of sturgeons in Slovenian rivers in the last eighteen years does not seem to be connected with migration and revival of natural populations in the lower part of the Drava and Sava Rivers. https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16688sterletnonindigenous sturgeonsSava RiverDrava RiverMura RiverSlovenia
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Thomas Friedrich
First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia
Natura Sloveniae
sterlet
nonindigenous sturgeons
Sava River
Drava River
Mura River
Slovenia
title First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia
title_full First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia
title_fullStr First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia
title_full_unstemmed First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia
title_short First review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) in the Danube River basin in Slovenia
title_sort first review of recent records of sturgeons and paddlefishes acipenseriformes in the danube river basin in slovenia
topic sterlet
nonindigenous sturgeons
Sava River
Drava River
Mura River
Slovenia
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16688
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