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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Cypriniformes > Family: Cobitidae > Genus: Cobitis > Species: Cobitis elongata

Balkan Loach - Cobitis elongata Heckel & Kner, 1858

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	33 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	2533

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

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
BG0000503	Bulgaria	Reka Lom	Map
BG0000618	Bulgaria	Vidima	Map
BG0001036	Bulgaria	Balgarski izvor	Map
SI3000192	Slovenia	Radulja s pritoki	Map
SI3000155	Slovenia	Sora Škofja Loka - jez Goričane	Map
ROSCI0031	Romania	Cheile Nerei - Beușnița	Map
BG0000613	Bulgaria	Reka Iskar	Map
BG0000240	Bulgaria	Studenets	Map
BG0000608	Bulgaria	Lomovete	Map
BG0000181	Bulgaria	Reka Vit	Map
BG0000275	Bulgaria	Yazovir Stamboliyski	Map
BG0000518	Bulgaria	Vartopski dol	Map
SI3000175	Slovenia	Kolpa	Map
BG0000614	Bulgaria	Reka Ogosta	Map
SI3000263	Slovenia	Kočevsko	Map
BG0000610	Bulgaria	Reka Yantra	Map
BG0000609	Bulgaria	Reka Rositsa	Map
SI3000059	Slovenia	Mirna	Map
BG0000525	Bulgaria	Timok	Map
BG0000336	Bulgaria	Zlatia	Map
BG0000498	Bulgaria	Vidbol	Map
ROSCI0375	Romania	Râul Nera între Bozovici și Moceriș	Map
HR2001070	Croatia	Sutla	Map
HR2001311	Croatia	Sava nizvodno od Hrušćice	Map
HR2000642	Croatia	Kupa	Map
HR2000463	Croatia	Dolina Une	Map
HR2000459	Croatia	Petrinjčica	Map
SI3000303	Slovenia	Sotla s pritoki	Map
SI3000338	Slovenia	Krka s pritoki	Map
SI3000376	Slovenia	Savinja Celje - Zidani most	Map
SI3000291	Slovenia	Ljubljanica - Gradaščica - Mali Graben	Map
HR2001506	Croatia	Sava uzvodno od Zagreba	Map
HR2001504	Croatia	Gornji tok Korane	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Balkan Loach	English	Fishbase
Kózka wielka	Polish	Fishbase
Verdemã-dos-Balcans	Portuguese	Fishbase

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

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