Evia barbel

The Evia barbel or petropsaro[1][2] (Barbus euboicus), is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found only in Greece. It is endemic to the Euboea Island and there now restricted to a single stream, Manikiotikos, in the southern part of the island. During the dry season it may be found just in a few intermittent pools. It is threatened by habitat loss and considered critically endangered.'[3]

Evia barbel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus
Species:
B. euboicus
Binomial name
Barbus euboicus
Stephanidis, 1950

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Barbus euboicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T2576A9457379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T2576A9457379.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Barbus euboicus" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
  3. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Barbus euboicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T2576A9457379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T2576A9457379.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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