Sperchios spirlin
(Alburnoides economoui)

Classification

Species: Alburnoides economoui
Genus: Alburnoides - Riffle minnows
Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Sperchios spirlin
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Subtropical
Native: Europe
Distribution: Spercheios

A new species of spirlin described from the Spercheios River, Greece.

Distinguished from all its congeners in Greece by having a completely or almost completely scaleless ventral keel.

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