Jump to content

Telestes muticellus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Vairone)

Telestes muticellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Telestes
Species:
T. muticellus
Binomial name
Telestes muticellus
(Bonaparte, 1837)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leuciscus multicellus Bonaparte, 1837

Telestes muticellus, the Italian riffle dace, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species.[2] This species and the Western riffle dace or souffia (T. souffia) are both sometimes called vairone[citation needed] and were previously considered conspecific.[2] This fish is found in northern Italy and Slovenia.[1]

Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Ford, M. (2024). "Telestes muticellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T61389A137341872. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Telestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2025.