Biology:Pachychilon pictum

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Short description: Species of fish

Pachychilon pictum
Pachychilon pictum.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pachychilon
Species:
P. pictum
Binomial name
Pachychilon pictum
(Heckel & Kner, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Squalius pictus Heckel & Kner, 1858
  • Rutilus pictus (Heckel & Kner, 1858)

Pachychilon pictum, the Albanian roach, is one of a few species of cyprinid fish so named, found in Albania, France , Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Pachychilon pictum. 2006 IUCN Rede List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007

Wikidata ☰ Q581310 entry