Biology:Barbus macedonicus

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Short description: Species of fish

Barbus macedonicus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus
Species:
B. macedonicus
Binomial name
Barbus macedonicus
S. L. Karaman, 1928

Barbus macedonicus is a species of cyprinid fish.

It is found only in rivers Vardar, Pineios, Haliacmon and Loudias in northern Greece and North Macedonia.[2]

It is threatened by habitat loss, water extraction, pollution and overfishing. Greece has a general fishing law but it is not enforced.

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Barbus macedonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61380A12469494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61380A12469494.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61380/12469494. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Barbus macedonicus" in FishBase. February 2016 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2004762 entry