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Cyprinus pigus Gronow 1854
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1996Data Deficient
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Major Threats
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Inhabits deep waters of large, subalpine lakes and large to medium sized rivers. Occurs in small groups. Feeds in invertebrates, algae and detritus. Moves to shallow parts of rivers to spawn. Threatened due to overfishing and construction of weirs, which block access to spawning sites. Attains a maximum size of about 45 cm SL (Ref. 59043).
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Least Concern (LC)
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Northern Adriatic basin, from Livenza to Po drainages, Lakes Maggiore, Lugano and Como (Italy, Switzerland). Introduced in Arno.
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Conservation Actions
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Europe: Northern Adriatic basin from Livenza to Po drainages, Lakes Maggiore, Lugano and Como (Italy, Switzerland). Introduced in Arno. In Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).
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The pigo[1] (Rutilus pigus) is a species of freshwater fish in the roach genus Rutilus of the Cyprinidae family.[2] The fish is native to northern Italy and Switzerland. It inhabits subalpine lakes of the northern Adriatic basin from the Livenza to the Po drainage, including Lakes Maggiore, Lugano, and Como.[3]
Rutilus pigus has been termed the Danube roach. The Danube drainage is not inhabited by R. pigus in the strict sense above, however. That region is inhabited by the closely related Rutilus virgo ("cactus roach"), which until recently was considered to be the same species as R. pigus, or its subspecies R. p. virgo. R. virgo is widespread from the Iron Gate upstream.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Rutilus pigus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rutilus pigus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rutilus virgo" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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Italy and Switzerland.