Pachychilon pictum

Pachychilon pictum, the Albanian roach, is one of a few species of cyprinid fish so named, found in Albania, France, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Pachychilon pictum

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pachychilon
Species:
P. pictum
Binomial name
Pachychilon pictum
(Heckel & Kner, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Squalius pictus Heckel & Kner, 1858
  • Rutilus pictus (Heckel & Kner, 1858)

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Pachychilon pictum. 2006 IUCN Rede List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007


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