Alburnus thessalicus

Alburnus thessalicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a freshwater fish occurring in lakes and streams in Europe. It is found in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

Alburnus thessalicus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Alburninae
Genus: Alburnus
Species:
A. thessalicus
Binomial name
Alburnus thessalicus
(Stephanidis, 1950)[2]
Synonyms

Alburnoides thessalicus

This species is up to 15.5 centimeters long. It inhabits open waters of medium to large rivers, where it forages close to surface.[2]

This is an abundant fish and it is not considered to be a threatened species.[1]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. 2011. Alburnus arborella. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T135670A4175765. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135670A4175765.en. Downloaded on 06 October 2017.
  2. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Alburnus thessalicus. FishBase. 2015.


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