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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Leuciscinae

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical, preferred ?

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Europe: Lakes Prespa basin Macedonia, Greece and Albania.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)

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Can be diagnosed from its congeners in Balkan Peninsula by the following characters: head length 1.2-1.3 times body depth, 27-31% SL: upper lip not projecting; mouth terminal; eye diameter 17-20% HL; scales on lateral line 41-44 + 2; body depth 21-24% SL; dorsal fin with 8½ branched rays; anal fin with 8-9½ branched rays; distal margin of anal fin convex; distance between tips of first and last branched anal rays (with fin stretched out) 1.2-1.3 times caudal peduncle depth; and greyish to blackish fins (Ref. 59043).

Found along shores of lakes (Ref. 59043).

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Doadrio, I. and J.A. Carmona, 2006. Phylogenetic overview of the genus Squalius (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with description of two new species. Cybium 30(3):199-214. (Ref. 72459)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Squalius prespensis (Fowler, 1977)