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Alburnus arborella

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Alburnus arborella
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A. arborella
Binomial name
Alburnus arborella
(Bonaparte, 1841)[1]

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.[2]

This species is up to 10 centimeters long. It eats plankton and invertebrates such as insects. It spawns in riffles and on lakeshores.[1]

This is an abundant fish and it is not considered to be a threatened species.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Alburnus arborella. FishBase. 2015.
  2. ^ a b Freyhof, J. 2013. Alburnus arborella. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 14 April 2015.