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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Cyprinodontiformes > Family: Cyprinodontidae > Genus: Aphanius > Species: Aphanius iberus

Spanish cyprinodont - Aphanius iberus (Valenciennes, 1846)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Endangered (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 5 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	42 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	rivers and lakes
Natura 2000 species code	1151

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

Endangered

Europe

Endangered

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
ES0000019	Spain	Aiguamolls de l'Alt Empordà	Map
ES0000020	Spain	Delta de l'Ebre	Map
ES0000023	Spain	L'Albufera	Map
ES0000030	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Puerto Real	Map
ES0000048	Spain	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Map
ES0000058	Spain	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent	Map
ES0000060	Spain	Prat de Cabanes i Torreblanca	Map
ES0000120	Spain	Salinas de Santa Pola	Map
ES0000140	Spain	Bahía de Cádiz	Map
ES0000146	Spain	Delta del Llobregat	Map
ES0000147	Spain	Marjal de Pego-Oliva	Map
ES0000148	Spain	Marjal dels Moros	Map
ES0000175	Spain	Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar	Map
ES0000195	Spain	Humedal del Ajauque y Rambla Salada	Map
ES0000260	Spain	Mar Menor	Map
ES5120016	Spain	El Montgrí- Les Medes - El Baix Ter	Map
ES6110001	Spain	Albufera de Adra	Map
ES6120015	Spain	Acebuchales de La Campiña Sur de Cádiz	Map
ES6200006	Spain	Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor	Map
ES5212007	Spain	Salero y Cabecicos de Villena	Map
ES5140004	Spain	Sèquia Major	Map
ES6120023	Spain	Corrales de Rota	Map
ES6200030	Spain	Mar Menor	Map
ES6200001	Spain	Calblanque, Monte de las Cenizas y Peña del Águila	Map
ES5140007	Spain	Costes del Tarragonès	Map
ES5223007	Spain	Marjal d'Almenara	Map
ES6110016	Spain	Rambla de Arejos	Map
ES6130015	Spain	Río Guadalquivir -Tramo Medio	Map
ES6200028	Spain	Río Chícamo	Map
ES5110020	Spain	Costes del Garraf	Map
ES6200005	Spain	Humedal del Ajauque y Rambla Salada	Map
ES5222002	Spain	Marjal de Peníscola	Map
ES5140001	Spain	Litoral meridional tarragoní	Map
ES6110018	Spain	Río Adra	Map
ES0000450	Spain	Marjal i Estanys d'Almenara	Map
ES0000470	Spain	Marjal dels Moros (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000471	Spain	l'Albufera (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000467	Spain	Prat de Cabanes i Torreblanca (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000484	Spain	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000487	Spain	Marjal de Pego-Oliva (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000486	Spain	Salines de Santa Pola (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000536	Spain	Lagunas de las Moreras	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	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 II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Annex III: protected fauna species
	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]
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Barcelona Convention Protocol. See there for more details.	http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf
	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.		http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aphanius d'Espagne	French	Fishbase
Cyprinodonte d'Espagne	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Fartet	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Iberische tandkarper	Dutch	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Lareza vizake	Albanian	Fishbase
Spanienkärpfling	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Spanish cyprinodont	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Spanish Toothcarp	English	Fishbase
Spansk tandkarpe	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC

Synonym	Author
Cyprinodon iberus	Valenciennes, 1846
Lebias iberus	Steindachner, 1865
Lebias ibericus	(Steindachner, 1865)
Cyprinodon ibericus	Steindachner, 1865
Aphanius iberius	(Valenciennes, 1846)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

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