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Zingel asper (Rhone streber; Asper; Apron)

Synonyms: Aspro apron; Aspro vulgaris; Asprocottus apron; Perca asper (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Zingel asper, the apron, is a species of fish in the Percidae family that is at a high risk of becoming extinct due to habitat destruction and pollution. It is endemic to the River Durance and River Beaume in the Rhône River basin in France and Switzerland.
View Wikipedia Record: Zingel asper

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Zingel asper

Attributes

Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Phyto-lithophils
Brood Guarder [1]  Yes
Migration [1]  Potamodromous
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cantabric Coast - Languedoc France, Spain Palearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    
Central & Western Europe Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom Palearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  

Range Map

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).
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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