White-finned gudgeon (Romanogobio albipinnatus)

Scientific name: Romanogobio albipinnatus Lukasch, 1933

White-finned gudgeon (Romanogobio albipinnatus)

The White-finned gudgeon (Romanogobio albipinnatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 6. Differs from its congeners in Caspian Sea basin by the possession of the following characters: longitudinal epithelial crests on predorsal scales; scale rows around caudal peduncle 14-16; scales on lateral line 42-43 + 2; dorsal fin with 7? branched rays; and anal fin with 6? branched rays.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Romanogobio albipinnatus
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
13.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Europe: Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and probably Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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