Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel, 1836)

Iftime, Alexandru & Oţel, Vasile, 2025, An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna, Zootaxa 5654 (1), pp. 1-64 : 38

Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel, 1836)

A native, freshwater, rheophilic species found in both intra- and extra-Carpathian drainages, in montane waters along the northern part of the Eastern Carpathians (ViȘeu, Săpânța, Iza, Moldova, Moldavian Bistrița drainages, possibly also the TrotuȘ); rarely syntopic with C. gobio , generally more upstream dwelling ( Bănărescu 1964; Kottelat & Freyhof 2007; Cocan & MireȘan 2018; Polyák et al. 2022; Nagy et al. 2023).

ORD. CENTRARCHIFORMES

Fam. Centrarchidae

Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

A non-native freshwater species, spread into Romania from introductions beyond the country, now freely reproducing and abundant all over the country, including the Danube and Delta ( Iftime & Iftime 2021; Drăgan et al. 2024).