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Cyprinidae
bermejuela
Achondrostoma arcasii
Endemic to the northern Iberian Peninsula
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumAchondrostoma arcasii, termed the bermejuela, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces. Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to the northern Iberian Peninsula.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Achondrostoma
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Europe: Spain and Portugal in most drainages from Jucar northward and headwaters of Tagus, except northern slope. Introduced in Guadiana drainage.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
