Cyprinidae

Douro nase

Pseudochondrostoma duriense

Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters in European Waters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Pseudochondrostoma duriense, the Northern straight-mouth nase, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species is endemic to the northern Iberian Peninsula in Spain and Portugal.