Invasive and neolimnetic fish species in Dnipro, Danube and some others basins (Ukraine, 2022-2023)

Study Extent

This dataset consists of a number of points where fish species were registered on the territory of Dnipro, Danube, Southern Buh and some other rivers' basins.

Sampling

The material was collected during the annual monitoring of fish in the Dnipro reservoirs, as well as during research on the monitoring of alien species of fish. Standard methods of field research were used: trawling, pond nets (survey of catches by commercial fishermen), seines, fishing rods, survey of catches by amateur fishermen, collection of dead fish. The approaches and methods of fish species capturing and identification were taken from the following literature source: Movchan Y.V. (2011). Fishes of Ukraine. Kyiv: Zoloti Vorota. 444 p. (in Ukr.); Kottelat M., Freyhof J. (2007). Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Switzerland: Delemont. 646 p.

Quality Control

Authors are fully responsible for the quality of data provided within the dataset.

Method steps

1. Catching sessions during field expeditions.
2. Species identification.
3. Georeferencing.
4. Collecting of supplementary materials.
5. Organizing of the dataset according to Darwin Core standards.

Teh dataset consists of records of only fish species.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Chordata
   rank: phylum
3. Cypriniformes
   rank: order
4. Gasterosteiformes
   rank: order
5. Clupeiformes
   rank: order
6. Perciformes
   rank: order
7. Syngnathiformes
   rank: order
8. Gobiidae
   rank: order
9. Syngnathidae
   rank: order
10. Odontobutidae
    rank: order
11. Centrarchidae
    rank: order
12. Clupeidae
    rank: order
13. Cyprinidae
    rank: order
14. Gasterosteidae
    rank: order

The dataset represents records from Zakarpattia, Lviv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Khmel'nytskyi and Odesa administrative regions of Ukraine.