Ichthyofauna of the Lower Dniester, the Dniester Estuary and the Adjacent Black Sea Area, with Some Ecological Comments

Sergii Snigirov; Yuriy Kvach; Yuliia Kutsokon; Veniamin Zamorov; Anastasiia Snigirova; Sergiy Sylantyev

Ichthyofauna of the Lower Dniester, the Dniester Estuary and the Adjacent Black Sea Area, with Some Ecological Comments

Sergii Snigirov^*, Yuriy Kvach, Yuliia Kutsokon, Veniamin Zamorov, Anastasiia Snigirova, Sergiy Sylantyev^* (Corresponding Author)

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The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health

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Abstract

Ichthyological data collected over the last two decades are combined to prepare an inventory of fish species of the Lower Dniester, Dniester Estuary and the adjacent Black Sea area (north-western part of the Black Sea, NWBS). Data from literary sources were also used for the analysis of the ichthyofauna dynamics. Totally, 110 freshwater, anadromous, brackish and marine fish species were detected. They represent 27 orders, 41 families and 92 genera. Possible sources of new arrivals are the settlement of new invasive species and the migration of freshwater fish to the nearshore sea areas. The degree of similarity of fish fauna of the Lower Dniester, Dniester Estuary and the adjacent NWBS was analysed to provide the structural characteristics of fish assemblages of the area under study. The main part of the fish fauna of all three sub-regions is represented by settled, benthic and demersal species of Ponto-Caspian zoogeographical origin. Most species are pelagophiles and phytophiles. The most abundant trophic type is benthophages and fish of a mixed-feeding type. The dynamics of the species composition in the studied area and the species importance as possible subjects for conservation are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	245-254
Number of pages	10
Journal	Acta Zoologica Bulgarica
Volume	74
Issue number	2
Early online date	20 Jan 2022
Publication status	Published - Jun 2022

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Funding Information:
Black Sea catchment observation and assessment system supporting sustainable development; No 287600 PERSEUS Policy-oriented marine environmental research for the southern European seas. The support by the TACIS CBC Programme Technical assistance for lower Dniester basin water management planning (2006–2007), Cross-border cooperation and sustainable management in the Dniester River basin: Phase III – Implementation of the action programme, OSCE, UNEP (2011) and the GFCM international project Select activity discard monitoring program (2018-2019) is also acknowledged. Further support was received by the national project Development of scientific backgrounds of comprehensive monitoring and threats of distribution of invasive fish species by riverine systems and transitional waters of Ukraine (based on parasite, population and genetic markers) (#2020.02/0171, National Research Foundation of Ukraine).

Keywords

Dniester Estuary
ichthyofauna
Lower Dniester
North-Western part of the Black Sea

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Ichthyofauna of the Lower Dniester, the Dniester Estuary and the Adjacent Black Sea Area, with Some Ecological Comments

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