Alburnus arborella

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Alburnus arborella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Alburnus
Species:
A. arborella
Binomial name
Alburnus arborella
(Bonaparte, 1841) [2]
Synonyms
  • Aspius arborellaBonaparte, 1841
  • Cyprinus albor Scopoli, 1786
  • Cyprinus lanceolatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Aspius alborella De Filippi, 1844
  • Alburnus alborella(De Filippi, 1844)

Alburnus arborella is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a freshwater fish occurring in lakes and streams in Europe. It is distributed in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

This species is up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long. It eats plankton and invertebrates such as insects. It spawns in riffles and on lakeshores. [2]

This is an abundant fish and it is not considered to be a threatened species. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Freyhof, J. (2011). "Alburnus arborella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T135670A4175765. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135670A4175765.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Alburnus arborella. FishBase. 2015.