Pachychilon pictum

Albanian roach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pachychilon
Species: P. pictum
Binomial name
Pachychilon pictum
(Heckel & Kner, 1858)

Pachychilon pictum, the Albanian roach, is one of a few species of ray-finned fish so named in the family Cyprinidae, found in Albania, France, Greece, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Pachychilon pictum. 2006 IUCN Rede List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007
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