Table 26.1 Marine fish species inventoried in the Danube Delta – marine zone (ROSCI0066)
Scientific name
Habitats
Directive
Annex/GEO
57/2007
Population
size
Occurrence in the
biogeographic region
according to MO no. 2387/
2011 (amending MO 1964/
2007)
Certain
presence
based on
field
inventory
Order Clupeiformes, Family Clupeidae
Alosa
immaculata
(Pontic shad)
Annex II,
V/Annex
3, 5a
X
PON, MBLS
YES
Alosa tanaica
(Black Sea
shad)
Annex II,
V/Annex
3, 5a
X
PON, MBLS
YES
Alosa maeotica
(Azov shad)
Annex II,
V/Annex 5a
X
Not mentioned
Uncertain
a
Order Acipenseriformes, Family Acipenseridae
Acipenser
sturio
(Sturgeon)
Annex II,
IV/Annex 5ª
X
PON – Extinct
NO
All species:
Annex
V/Annex 5a
X
Not mentioned
YES
Huso huso
(Beluga)
Acipenser
gueldenstaedtii
(Danube
sturgeon)
YES
Acipenser
stellatus (Starry
sturgeon)
YES
Acipenser
nudiventris
(Fringebarbel
sturgeon)
Uncertain
b
Acipenser
ruthenus
(Sterlet
sturgeon)
Uncertain
b
a
The Azov shad (A. maeotica) has not been reported in the lagoons and coastal lakes in the past
50 years, its last reporting dating back to 1968, in Lake Razelm. Thus, records of A. maeotica in
Romanian fishery statistics should be reconsidered
b
Occurrence uncertain within the boundaries of ROSCI 0066 and not confirmed by field research
or historical data
Fig. 26.1 Pontic shad –
Alosa immaculata (Photo
NIMRD)
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