Alburnoides bipunctatus
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Alburnoides |
Species: | A. bipunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
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Alburnoides bipunctatus, known vernacularly as the schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow, and others,[1] is a species of small (9-cm average length) freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. This fish inhabits rivers with very calm waters, and it eats dead insects and insect larvae, diatoms, and crustaceans. It reproduces during April to June.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Alburnoides bipunctatus", eunis.eea.europa.eu, European Environment Agency, Vernacular names
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Alburnoides bipunctatus" in FishBase. September 2012 version.
Categories:
- Alburnoides
- Fish described in 1782
- Cyprinid fish of Europe
- Cyprinid fish of Asia
- Fish of Afghanistan
- Fish of Azerbaijan
- Fish of Georgia (country)
- Fish of Iran
- Fish of Russia
- Fish of Turkey
- Fish of Central Asia
- Cyprinidae stubs