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Tihomir Stefanov

(MSc, biologist)
phone: (+359 2) 987 50 72; (+359 2) 988 51 15 (ext. 662); e-mail:

Born: 27 February 1977, Sofia.
Education: Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ (2000).
Speciality: hydrobiology (ichthyology).
Vertebrates Department

Research interests


Taxonomy and faunistics of freshwater fishes in the Balkan Peninsula; evolution, origin and forming of the recent ichthyological complexes of species.

Current projects


Morphometrical characteristics and mapping of Bulgarian freshwater fishes
A comparative characteristic of the ichthyofauna from the rivers belonging to Aegean and Black Sea basins
Compilation of a check-list of Bulgarian freshwater fishes
Monitoring of the populations of over 20 species of rare and threatened freshwater fishes in Bulgaria

Selected publications


Stefanov, T. 2001. Ichthyofauna of Struma River in the part between Kocherinovo railway station and the mouth of Strumeshnica River. — In: Biodiversity of Kresna Gorge (SW Bulgaria), P. Beron (Ed.), Sofia, 289—296 (in Bulgarian with English abstract).

Stefanov, T., T. Trichkova, M. Zivkov. 2003. Changes in the ichthyofauna of the Rhodope Mountains. International Scientific Conference ‘50 Years University of Forestry’, Proceedings, 227—231.

Stefanov, T., (in press). Species diversity and distribution of fishes in Bulgaria. In: Popov, A. & V. Fett (Eds), Ecology and Biogeography of Bulgaria.

Stefanov, T. & T. Trichkova, (in press). Fish species diversity in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains. In: Beron, P., & A. Popov (Eds), Biodiversity of Bulgaria. II. Biodiversity of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria). Nat. Mus. Natur. His., Sofia.