Alburnus arborella

Alburnus arborella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Alburninae
Genus:Alburnus
Species: A. arborella
Binomial name
Alburnus arborella
(Bonaparte, 1841)[2]
Synonyms
  • Aspius arborella Bonaparte, 1841 Small text
  • Cyprinus albor Scopoli, 1786
  • Cyprinus lanceolatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Aspius alborella De Filippi, 1844
  • Alburnus alborella (De Filippi, 1844)

Alburnus arborella 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 distributed in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

This species is up to 10 centimeters long. It eats plankton and invertebrates such as insects. It spawns in riffles and on lakeshores.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Alburnus arborella. FishBase. 2015.


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