An annotated systematical checklist of the Romanian ichthyofauna Author Iftime, Alexandru 0000-0002-8766-6256 “ Grigore Antipa ” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff St. No 1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania alexandru _ iftime @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8766 - 6256 alexandru_iftime@yahoo.com Author Oţel, Vasile 0000-0002-8766-6256 “ Grigore Antipa ” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff St. No 1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania alexandru _ iftime @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8766 - 6256 & Independent researcher, Gării st. no. 6, bl. 3, sc. A, ap. 4, 820157 Tulcea, Romania https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0379 - 7740 & “ Grigore Antipa ” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff St. No 1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania alexandru _ iftime @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8766 - 6256 alexandru_iftime@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-07-01 5654 1 1 64 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5654.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5654.1.1 1175-5334 15822021 EA3C943C-34B5-4574-B229-A33D37337B3C Hypophthalmichthys ( Aristichthys ) nobilis (Richardson, 1845) A non-native species, found in aquaculture (with occasional escapes) and frequently stocked for commercial fishing; unassisted reproduction is doubtful, but possible, at least sporadically ( Iftime & Iftime 2021 ; Jawdhari et al 2022 ; Năstase & Năvodaru 2023 ; see also Drăgan et al . 2024 , who, however, miss the Danube Delta in the given distribution).