Barbus macedonicus
Barbus macedonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Barbus |
Species: | B. macedonicus
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Binomial name | |
Barbus macedonicus S. L. Karaman, 1928
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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.[2]
It is threatened by habitat loss, water extraction, pollution and overfishing. Greece has a general fishing law but it is not enforced.
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Barbus macedonicus" in FishBase. February 2016 version.