Salmo macedonicus
Encyclopedia
Salmo macedonicus is a species of fish
in the Salmonidae
family. It is found only in rivers in the upper Vardar
river basin in the Republic of Macedonia
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Salmonidae
Salmonidae
Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family currently placed in the order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings...
family. It is found only in rivers in the upper Vardar
Vardar
The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....
river basin in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Salmo macedonicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.