Romanogobio carpathorossicus (Vladykov, 1931)

Iftime, Alexandru & Oţel, Vasile, 2025, An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna, Zootaxa 5654 (1), pp. 1-64 : 12-13

Romanogobio carpathorossicus (Vladykov, 1931)

A native, widespread freshwater species, found in rivers from the plain to the low montane level, in intra- and extra-Carpathian drainages: Tisza, SomeȘ, CriȘul Repede, CriȘul Alb, CriȘul Negru, MureȘ, TimiȘ, Bega, CaraȘ, Nera, Jiu, ArgeȘ ( Bănărescu 1964 [as Gobio kessleri kessleri , G. k. banaticus Bănărescu 1960 , and intergrades thereof]; Bănărescu 1999b [as G. k. kessleri , form carpathorossicus , G. k. banaticus , and intergrades thereof]; Nalbant,2003 [as Romanogobio banaticus ]; Cocan & MireȘan 2018 [as Romanogobio banaticus ]; Friedrich et al. 2018 [including banaticus ]; Bogutskaya et al. 2019 [as R. kesslerii banaticus ]; Polyák et al. 2022 [as R. kesslerii ]; Bănăduc et al. 2023c [as R. banaticus ]; Nagy et al. 2023 [as R. kesslerii ]; Schmid 2023). Schmid (2023) also describes a closely similar form, distinct in a mtDNA-informed molecular analysis, as Romanogobio sp. Olt, as it was found in the middle and lower Olt drainage.

Friedrich et al. 2018 demonstrate the identity of R. carpathorossicus and R. banaticus (Bănărescu 1960) with priority for the former name. Some subsequent workers ( Polyák et al. 2022; Nagy et al. 2023) do not separate R. carpathorossicus from R. kesslerii .