Barbus macedonicus

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Barbus macedonicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus
Species:
B. macedonicus
Binomial name
Barbus macedonicus

Barbus macedonicus is a species of cyprinid fish.

It is found only in rivers Vardar, Pineios, Haliacmon and Loudias in northern Greece and North Macedonia. [1]

It is threatened by habitat loss, water extraction, pollution and overfishing. Greece has a general fishing law but it is not enforced.

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Barbus macedonicus" in FishBase . February 2016 version.