Cobitis Meridionalis
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit lakes and highland water courses, with sand or mud bottom and underwater vegetation . Feed on invertebrates. Spawn in April and May . Oviparous, with distinct pairing during breeding . Threatened due to water abstraction and pollution .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Pigmentation (Gambetta's longitudinal zone of pigmentation): blotches of zonez Z2 and Z4 grey to olive, edges not sharply contrasted; zonesZ1 and Z3 absent or very poorly defined and present only on anterior half of body. Presence of two laminae circularis.: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Cobitis Meridionalis is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Cobitis Meridionalis is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
During courtship, 'the male follows the female and, after both enter dense vegetation (e.g. filamentous algae), the male forms a complete ring around the female's body behind the dorsal as the female releases the eggs' . Probably a multiple spawner .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 41°N - 40°N, 20°E - 21°E
🌿 Ecology
invertebrates
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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