Iberian gudgeon

Iberian gudgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Gobio
Species: G. lozanoi
Binomial name
Gobio lozanoi
Doadrio & Madeira, 2004
Species range

Iberian gudgeon (Gobio lozanoi) is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the Cyprinidae family. It is widespread only in the Iberian Peninsula where it is indigenous in the Ebro and Bidasoa drainage, and in France in the Adour drainage, as well as Andorra. It has been introduced throughout the Iberian Peninsula, including Portugal,[1] It is a freshwater demersal fish, up to 11.9 cm long.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Gobio lozanoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2008: e.T135677A4177818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135677A4177818.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Gobio lozanoi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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