Iberian gudgeon
Iberian gudgeon (Gobio lozanoi) is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread only in the Iberian Peninsula where it is indigenous in the Ebro and Bidasoa drainage, and in France in the Adour drainage, as well as Andorra. It has been introduced throughout the Iberian Peninsula, including Portugal,[1] It is a freshwater demersal fish, up to 11.9 cm long.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Gobio |
| Species: | G. lozanoi |
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| Gobio lozanoi Doadrio & Madeira, 2004 | |
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Named in honor of Luis Lozano Rey (1878-1958), University of Madrid, for his contribution to the knowledge of Iberian freshwater fishes.[3]
References
- Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Gobio lozanoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2008: e.T135677A4177818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135677A4177818.en.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Gobio lozanoi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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