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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Livno Masnica
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Habitat
:
Slow-flowing and still waters
and
lakes
. Possibly enters subterranean
waters during winter or droughts
.
Biology
:
Spawns
in April-June.
In lakes, adults
prey
on small fishes
.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 5.18 Wetlands (inland) - Karst and Other Subterranean Hydrological Systems (inland) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Genus:
Squalius
()
- Specific name:
tenellus
- Heckel, 1843
- Scientific name: - Squalius tenellus Heckel, 1843
- Specific name:
tenellus
- Heckel, 1843
- Genus:
Squalius
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Squalius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. albus (Trasimeno Chub) · S. aphipsi (Kuban Stream Chub) · S. borysthenicus (Dneiper Carp) · S. cephalus (European Chub) · S. copei (Leatherside Chub) · S. danilewskii (Danilevskii's Dace) · S. delineatus (Moderlieschen) · S. laietanus (Catalan Chub) · S. moreoticus (Stymphalia Chub) · S. orpheus (Maritza Chub) · S. pamvoticus (Pamvotis Chub) · S. peloponensis (Peloponnese Chub) · S. photogenis (Silver Shiner) · S. pictus (Albanian Roach) · S. pyrenaicus (Iberian-Chub) · S. spurius (Syr-Darya Dace) · S. sp. nov. 'Aoos' (Aoos Chub) · S. sp. nov. 'Evia' (Evia Chub) · S. squalus (Cavedano Chub) · S. tenellus (Livno Masnica) · S. vardarensis (Vardar Chub)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 236.
- The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof: a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries, with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf / by G. L. Faber; with eighteen woodcut illustrations after drawings by Leo Littrow, and numerous engravings on stone. London: B. Quaritch, 1883. url p. 220, p. 280.
Notes
Contributors
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Squalius tenellus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2532031
- IUCN ID: 243471
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4008448
Footnotes
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Squalius tenellus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
