Parachondrostoma
Parachondrostoma miegii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Parachondrostoma
Robalo, V. C. Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007
Type species
Chondrostoma miegii
Steindachner 1866

Parachondrostoma is a genus of cyprinid fish found mostly in Spain with one species entering France. There are currently four species in this genus.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

Conservation

According to the IUCN, Parachondrostoma turiense is an endangered species and Parachondrostoma arrigonis is critically endangered. The Parachondrostoma is endangered because the population constantly declines, but it is being protected by the European Natura 2000 Network. The European Natura 2000 Network helps Parachondrostoma by artificially breeding about 1,000 juvenile Parachondrostoma’s.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Parachondrostoma in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. ^ Benigno, Elvira (2009). "Threatened fishes of the world: Parachondrostoma turiense (Elvira, 1987) (Cyprinidae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86 (2): 337–338. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9516-1. S2CID 11263462.
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