Description

Diagnosed from its congeners in Europe by having the following characters: mouth terminal, cleft only slightly slanted; anal fin with 10-11½ branched rays; lateral line with 40-43 + 2-3 scales; caudal peduncle 1.8-2.2 times longer than deep; snout longer than eye diameter; and interorbital distance 1.2-1.4 times eye diameter (Ref. 59043).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Leuciscidae

Genus: Alburnoides

Species: Alburnoides prespensis (Karaman, 1924)

Climate Zone

Location

• Europe: Lakes Prespa in Greece, Macedonia, and Albania.

Biology

Occurs in surf zone along lake shores (Ref. 59043). Reaches up to about 9.0 cm SL (Ref. 59043).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless