- Aulopyge
Taxobox
name = "Aulopyge"
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Cypriniformes
familia =Cyprinidae
genus = "Aulopyge"
genus_authority = Heckel, 1841
type_species = "Aulopyge huegelii "
Heckel, 1842
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Aulopyge huegelii ""Aulopyge" is a genus of
cyprinid fish , consisting of a single species.The
type species is the dalmatian barbelgudgeon, "Aulopyge huegelii ". The name is derived from the Greek word "aulos", meaning "flute", and the Greek word "pyge", meaning "tail".The female of Aulopyge huegeli deposits her 1.5 - 2mm eggs in rock and gravel fissures with a special
ovipositor [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/vxldm9h1dm00lpny/ Biology and Egg Morphology of The Dalmatian Barbelgudgeon Aulopyge Huegeli, An Endangered Endemic Species in Croatia] Journal Environmental Biology of Fishes, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0378-1909 (Print) 1573-5133 (Online), Issue Volume 63, Number 4 / April, 2002, Pages 451-456, accessed 9 March 2008]References
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