27-09-2023 - Tucacas killifish
A vital renewal for "Global status and conservation of Tucacas killifish in the coastal plains of Venezuela"
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 220 grants for this species type, constituting a total donation of $2,232,388.
Fish Conservation Case Studies
27-09-2023 - Spiny Butterfly Ray
The Spiny butterfly ray, one of the Mediterranean’s rarest elasmobranchs, is the focus of this project in the southern Adriatic Sea. Aimed at assessing population frequency, habitat conditions, and threats, the project also promotes awareness and policy initiatives. Despite presumed regional absence, significant records and potential nurseries were identified (Gajić et al., 2023; Gajić & Karalić, 2024).
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20-12-2022 - Manganga
Population assessment and conservation status of the magangá Potamobatrachus trispinosus endemic to the Rio Tocantins, Amazon basin, Brazil
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20-12-2022 - Manyara Tilapia
Towards Biodiversity “No Net Loss”; Conservation of endangered Manyara Tilapia (Oreochromis amphimelas) and its ecological habitat in Lake Manyara, Tanzania
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20-12-2022 - Squeaker catfish
The project's primary goal is to conserve the Critically Endangered Squeaker catfish (Synodontis macrophthalmus) in Ghana's Volta Lake. It gathers vital data on population, distribution, threats, and habitat to support conservation efforts. By focusing on habitat protection and raising awareness among fishing communities, the project also aims to contribute to the recovery of the Synodontis macrophthalmus population.
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20-12-2022 - Trichogenes claviger
The objectives of current research are to detect the presence of the Caetés catfish, Trichogenes claviger, in isolated rivers along the upper Rio Caxixe and Rio Fruteiras, tributaries of Rio Itapemirim in Espírito Santo mountains, Brazil. Employng the metabarcoding approach, through environmental DNA. We aim to locate existing populations of this species, figured on the IUCN redlist, as a critically endangered freshwater catfish.
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20-12-2022 - Philippine Medaka
Population assessment and conservation of the endangered Philippine Medaka fish
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29-04-2022 - Dades trout
Initiating the recovery of the relict endangered Dades trout in the southern slope of the Moroccan Atlas range
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19-12-2021 - Tucacas killifish
Global status and conservation of Tucacas killifish: the rarest and most restricted fish in the coastal plains of Venezuela. A project where the study of populations and their habitat will be combined with dissemination and awareness for the conservation of the species.
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29-09-2021 - Clanwilliam sandfish
Saving sandfish: Tracking the success of conservation translocations to save South Africa’s most threatened migratory freshwater fish
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