Iberochondrostoma almacai

Iberochondrostoma almacai
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Iberochondrostoma
Species:	I. almacai
Binomial name
	Iberochondrostoma almacai; (M. M. Coelho, Mesquita & Collares-Pereira, 2005)
Synonyms
	Chondrostoma almacai Coelho, Mesquita & Collares-Pereira, 2005;

Iberochondrostoma almacai is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to southern Portugal, where it is only found in the drainages of the Mira, Arade and Bensafrim rivers. It shelters in pools when the rivers shrink in the summer and is threatened by habitat destruction caused by water abstraction and predation and competition from introduced species of fish such as Gambusia, Micropterus and Lepomis.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Iberochondrostoma almacai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135497A4132949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135497A4132949.en.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Iberochondrostoma almacai" in FishBase. August 2011 version.

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[IUCN-1] Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Iberochondrostoma almacai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135497A4132949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135497A4132949.en.

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