First data on the freshwater fish fauna of Calabria (southern Italy)

Abstract

There is scarce information available about the presence and distribution of freshwater fishes in southern Italy, and ichthyological information about Calabrian lotic systems is practically inexistent. This paper reports the current status of the freshwater fish fauna in some of the most important lotic systems of Calabria. Ichthyological samplings were performed at 54 stations along 16 Calabrian rivers. Sixteen fish species belonging to eight families were found, and their presence and distribution is discussed on the basis of biogeographic considerations. The freshwater fish fauna of the area has been dramatically altered by the introduction of allochthonous species, mainly originating from the Po plain catchments. This is a prime example of faunistic transformation of a Mediterranean area.

Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new Barbus species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

“…In southern Italy, an additional district [named Apulia‐Campania (AC)], considered to be populated by B. tyberinus (Bianco, 1995; Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007; Lorenzoni et al ., 2006a), was proposed comprising basins flowing into the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (from the Liri‐Garigliano up to the Sele basins) and the middle and southern slope of the Adriatic Sea, from the Vomano River up to the Ofanto River (Kottelat & Freyhof, 2007; Lorenzoni et al ., 2006a) (Figure 1). Basins flowing into the Ionian Sea (Figure 1) instead were not naturally populated by barbel (Bianco, 1995; Bianco, 2014; Gallo et al ., 2012).…”

Mitochondrial DNA of Sardinian and North-West Italian Populations Revealed a New Piece in the Mosaic of Phylogeography and Phylogeny of Salariopsis fluviatilis (Blenniidae)

“…Focusing on Italy, S. fluviatilis is distributed in a discontinuous way, starting from the northern regions and continuing through the Tyrrhenian side, down to Campania, Sardinia, and the Sicily islands. Isolated populations have also been found in Calabria and on the Adriatic coasts of the peninsula [ 26 , 27 ]. Although the Italian peninsula hosts different populations of S. fluviatilis and the country is characterized by different (hydro)geographic boundaries that strongly shaped its ichthyofauna with the presence of several endemic species—64 taxa are considered native to inland waters of Italy [ 28 ] and among these at least 15 species are endemic [ 29 ]—no wide-range molecular studies have been carried out on this species in Italy to date.…”

From the Waters to the Plate to the Latrine: Fish and Seafood from the Cardo V Sewer, Herculaneum

“…Although it is worth noting that the native distribution of freshwater fish in southern Italy is not well understood, particularly due to the widespread introduction of species(Gallo et al 2012). 11 Undated report byAlison Locker, cited in Reese 2002b.…”