Conservation Status

National Red List Status: NT

IUCN Red List Status: LC

Protection status: Not defined

Reason: N/A

Trend: Unknown

Native/Introduced: Native

Georgian Name: ათერინა

English Name: Big-scale sand smelt

SubSpecies: Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810

Synonyms: Atherina (Hepsetia) boyeri Risso, 1810, Atherina anterina Nardo, 1847, Atherina bonapartii Boulenger, 1907, Atherina boyeri caspia Eichwald, 1831, Atherina caspia Eichwald, 1831, Atherina hyalosoma Cocco, 1885, Atherina lacustris Bonaparte, 1836, Atherina mochon Cuvier, 1829, Atherina mochon aegyptia Boulenger, 1907, Atherina mochon riqueti Roule, 1902, Atherina pontica Eichwald, 1831, Atherina presbyter caspia Eichwald, 1831

Taxonomy according to: https://www.marinespecies.org;https://www.fishbase.se;https://www.gbif.org;https://www.fishbase.se

References: Marine fishes in the Black Sea: recent conservation status.M. YANKOVA, D. PAVLOV, P. IVANOVA, E. KARPOVA, A. BOLTACHEV, B. ÖZTÜRK, L. BAT, M. ORAL and M. MGELADZE.Mediterranean Marine Science ,30 May 2014

Evaluated By: Mikeladze R, Mgeladze M, Goradze R, Japoshvili B, Epitashvili G, Kuljanishvili T.

Date evaluated: Nov 2021

Projects

Special Protection Areas (SPA) for birds in Georgia

Ethnobiology of fungi and lichens of Georgia