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Languedoc Minnow

Phoxinus septimaniae

Classification

Phoxinus septimaniae, the Languedoc minnow, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. This fish is endemic to southwestern Europe. Taxonomy Phoxinus septimaniae was first formally described in 2007 by the Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat, with its type locality given as the River Agly at a bridge downstream of Latour-de-France at 42°46'09"N, 2°39'39"E, in the Départment of Pyrénées-Orientales in France.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 364Spain · 8Switzerland · 8Italy · 2