Cyprinidae

Vairone

Telestes souffia

Elongated Carp from the Mediterranean Sea

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

The souffia, Western riffle dace, telestes, vairone or western vairone (Telestes souffia) 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 found in rivers that drain into the Mediterranean, as well as the Rhine and Danube catchments.