DOI: 10.14798/71.3.664
Short communication, Note
THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Iberochondrostoma almacai COELHO, MESQUITA & COLLARES-PEREIRA, 2005 (Cyprinidae)
2013, 71 (3) p. 147-148
Joana Isabel Robalo, Carla Sousa-Santos, Maria Manuela Coelho, Vítor Carvalho Almada
Abstract
Iberochondrostoma almacai is an endemic cyprinid fish from the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, with a distribution area restricted to three independent Portuguese river basins. This species is critically endangered due to water abstraction, pollution, habitat destruction and introduction of exotic species. Captive breeding for restocking purposes is already being conducted.
Keywords
iberochondrostoma almacai, endemic species, conservation, restocking