Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Squalius > Squalius alburnoides

Squalius alburnoides (Calandino)

Synonyms: Chondrostoma alburnoides (homotypic); Iberocypris alburnoides; Leuciscus alburnoides (homotypic); Rutilus alburnoides; Tropidophoxinellus alburnoides
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Wikipedia Abstract

Squalius alburnoides is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It may be threatened by habitat loss. This species is a highly peculiar fish in regard to its evolution and reproduction. It has been derived from hybridisation between females of Squalius pyrenaicus and males of another, unknown cyprinid species, and maintains the genomes of both parental species. Squalius alburnoides may have various numbers of these genomes (polyploidy), and may use different reproductive modes to pass them on to the offspring, including asexual reproduction, normal meiosis and hybridogenesis.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Squalius alburnoides

Attributes

Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Phyto-lithophils
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Protected Areas

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Allocreadium isoporum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Grenouillet, G. & Schmidt-Kloiber., A.; 2006; Fish Indicator Database. Euro-limpacs project, Workpackage 7 - Indicators of ecosystem health, Task 4, www.freshwaterecology.info, version 5.0 (accessed on July 3, 2012).
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0