Telestes beoticus
The paskóviza (Telestes beoticus), or Boeotian riffle dace, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is endemic to central mainland Greece.
Species
Beotian riffle dace
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations1
via GBIF
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Conservation
- References
The paskóviza (Telestes beoticus), or Boeotian riffle dace, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is endemic to central mainland Greece.
==Taxonomy== The paskóviza was first formally described as Rutilus beoticus in 1939 by the Greek ichthyologist Alexander I. Stephanidis with its type locality given as Lake Yliki in Greece. This species is now classified in the genus Telestes which was proposed as a subgenus of Leuciscus in 1840 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte and is classified within the subfamily Leuciscinae in the Family Leuciscidae.