Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus

Taxobox
name = "Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus"

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
subfamilia = Leuciscinae
genus = "Pseudophoxinus"
species = "P. stymphalicus"
binomial = "Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus"
binomial_authority = Valenciennes, 1844

"Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus" is a threatened species of small freshwater fish. It is a short-lived species, and reaches a maximum length of 12 cm.

"P. stymphalicus" is endemic to slow-flowing rivers and wetlands in the Peloponnese and disjunctly in Limni Stymfalia, a natural eutrophic lake without surface drainage. The main threats to "P. stymphalicus" are habitat destruction, water extraction and pollution, although the species is resilient and well-adapted to unstable conditions. It is protected under Appendix II of the EU's Habitats Directive (1992) and under Appendix III of the Bern Convention, (1982) [ [http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=104&CM=2&DF=9/4/2006&CL=GER Bern Convention, 1982] ] .

Literature

*Economidis, P.S., 1995, Endangered freshwater fishes of Greece., Biological Conservation, 72, 201-211
*Crivelli, A.J., 1996. The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation.. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p.
*Early development of Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus (Cyprinidae) from lake Trichonis, Greece Daoulas C. ; Psarras T. ; Barbieri T - Seliki R. ; Economou A. N. ; Cybium (Cybium) ISSN 0399-0974, 1995

Links

*FishBase_species|genus=Pseudophoxinus|species=stymphalicus|year=2006|month=December
* [http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Eschmeyer/EschPiscesSummary.cfm?ID=9928 Eschmeyer database "Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus"]
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/rangemap.php?species=18579 Redlist map of species distribution]
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18579/all Redlist database "Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus"]
* [http://natura.minenv.gr/natura/server/user/biotopos_info.asp?siteCode=GR2530002 Hellenic Ministry for Environment: Limni Stymfalia]
* [http://www.ornithologiki.gr/life/pylos-evrotas/publ/wse_eis3.htm differing findings (South-Peloponnese, Evrotas), "Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus"]