| Family: |
Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Leuciscinae |
| Max. size: |
8.14 cm SL (male/unsexed); 9.11 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Europe: Pinios and Aliakmon River drainages in Greece. It is presumed that specimens of the transboundary Axios/Vardar basin in both Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia also belong to Alburnoides thessalicus. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal soft rays: 14-17. Alburnoides thessalicus is distinguished from other species by the following combination of characters: body deep and relatively thick; snout stout, slightly to clearly rounded; snout length about equivalent to the eye diameter; mouth oblique, almost terminal, uppermost point of cleft below level of the middle of the eye to below the of lower margin of pupil; mouth cleft in lateral view
slightly slanted in its posterior part; sharp ventral keel in 2/3 of its length, variably scaled with modally 4?6 scales; anal fin usually with 12 1/2 branched rays; lateral line with 44?50 + 0?2 pored scales; usually 9?10 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin and 4 scales between lateral line and midline of the belly; 24?28 pre-dorsal scales; caudal fin clearly forked with lobes moderately pointed (Ref. 116746). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in variety of streams and rivers with fast-flowing waters and cobble-pebble substrate. Usually found in upland areas in cool waters. Spawns during middle spring in Pinios River. Often collected with the following species: Squalius vardarensis, B. sperchiensis, B. balcanicus Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb & Berrebi, 2002, Chondrostoma vardarense Karaman, 1928, Gobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926 and Sabanejewia balcanica (Karaman, 1922) (Ref. 116746). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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