Zingel balcanicus

Zingel balcanicus, the Vardar streber is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Percidae, the perches, ruffes, pikeperches and the darters. This species is endemic to the Vardar or Axios River in Northern Macedonia and its distribution may extend to the lower reaches of the river in Greece. Its biology is little known but other species in the genus Zingel require turbulent flows.[1]

Zingel balcanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Zingel
Species:
Z. balcanicus
Binomial name
Zingel balcanicus
(Karaman, 1936)
Synonyms[2]
  • Aspro streber balcanicus Karaman, 1937
  • Asper streber balcanicus (Karaman, 1937)

Sources

  1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Zingel balcanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60334A12352409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60334A12352409.en. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Zingel balcanicus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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