Non-native fishes of South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
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Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czechia
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2
Ilia State University, Georgia
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3
Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovian, Armenia
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Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Azerbaijan
The South Caucasus region is recognized as an area of high biological diversity and endemism. The area experienced a number of fish introductions but the overall information including all countries in the region is missing. Here we list 23 non-native species recorded from the nature in the whole region. From these, 16 are reported for Armenia, 14 for Azerbaijan and 10 for Georgia. Carassius gibelio, Gambusia holbrooki, Oncorhynchus mykiss and Pseudorasbora parva are reported from all countries and they are related to the Kura River Basin. The time period when most of the introduction took place is Soviet era when most of non-native species were introduced. The main purpose of the introduction was identified as aquaculture but the recreational fisheries seems to be also important vector.
Keywords:
South Caucasus,
Non-native fish,
Fish introductions,
Georgia,
Azerbaijan,
Armenia,
Aquaculture
Conference:
XVI European Congress of Ichthyology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2 Sep - 6 Sep, 2019.
Presentation Type:
Oral
Topic:
THREATS AND CONSERVATION
Citation:
Kuljanishvili
T,
Japoshvili
B,
Pipoyan
SK,
Mustafayev
N,
Patoka
J and
Kalous
L
(2019). Non-native fishes of South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia).
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
XVI European Congress of Ichthyology.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.07.00134
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Received:
30 May 2019;
Published Online:
14 Aug 2019.
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Correspondence:
Miss. Tatia Kuljanishvili, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia, kuljanishvili@af.czu.cz