Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Atheriniformes > Family: Atherinidae > Genus: Atherina > Species: Atherina lopeziana

Big-scale sand smelt - Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species. The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included. See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view. Other resources available below may have more information.

Threat status Europe

Least Concern (IUCN)

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.

Other resources available below may have more information.

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aterina	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Aterina	Romanian	Fishbase
Aterina	Russian	Fishbase
Aterina symadhe	Albanian	Fishbase
Aterinka	Ukrainian	Fishbase
Aterynka czarnomorska	Polish	Fishbase
Aterynka sródziemnomorska	Polish	Fishbase
Athérine	French	Fishbase
Athérine joël	French	Fishbase
Big-scale sand smelt	English	Fishbase
Boyer's sand smelt	English	Fishbase
Cabassoun	French	Fishbase
Coubassou	French	Fishbase
Gavun	Serbian	Fishbase
Gavun batas	Serbian	Fishbase
Gumus	Turkish	Fishbase
Gümüs baligi	Turkish	Fishbase
Joël	French	Fishbase
Kleine koornaarvis	Dutch	Fishbase
Kurunella	Maltese	Fishbase
Kurunella ghajnejh kbar	Maltese	Fishbase
Kurunetta	Maltese	Fishbase
Latterino	Italian	Fishbase
Latterino copoccione	Italian	Fishbase
Lille Stribefisk	Danish	Fishbase
Peixe-rei-do-Mediterrâneo	Portuguese	Fishbase
Pejerrey	Spanish	Fishbase
Piarda	Portuguese	Fishbase
Souvlitis	Greek	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Atherina boyeri	Risso, 1810

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF search	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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