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Phoxinus septimaniae Kottelat, 2007

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Common names: Languedoc minnow
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the drainages of the Vidourle in the east to the Tech in the west, corresponding to the Mediterranean coast of France west of the Rhône to the Pyreneans (Ref. 75055). Status of threat: least concern (Ref. 59043).
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Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2007
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Common names from other countries

Languedoc minnow, Septimaania lepamaim, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Phoxininae
Etymology: Phoxinus: Greek, phoxinos = certain river fish (Ref. 45335);  septimaniae: Septimania refers to the region of the Roman province Galia Narbonensis more or less corresponding with today's Languedoc-Roussillon (France) and the distribution range of the species..
  More on author: Kottelat.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Temperate

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Europe: Vidourle drainages in France (Ref. 75055). Possibly an introgression zone with Phoxinus phoxinus in lower Rhône, from about Lyon southward (Ref. 59043).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 75055)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Distinguished from its congeners in Europe by having patches of breast scales continuous across breast, lateral line usually reaching at least anal fin base, a faint midlateral stripe on flank in preserved individuals, more or less dissociated into squarish blotches, dorsal half of body goldish-bronze with few darker vermiculations, caudal peduncle depth 2.1-2.9 times in its length, snout length 28-33% HL, 0.9-1.3 times eye diameter, and anal fin origin below or behind base of last dorsal ray (Ref. 59043).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits small streams with clear, cold, well oxygenated water over gravel to stone bottom (Ref. 59043).

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Kottelat, M., 2007. Three new species of Phoxinus from Greece and southern France (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(2):145-162. (Ref. 75055)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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