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Boga-de-boca-arqueada




Scientific name: Pseudochondrostoma lemmingii

Common name: Boga-de-boca-arqueada
 

Description: Elongated body, slightly flat, with dorsal profile slightly convex. Reduced and imbricated scales. The mouth is slightly arched and in the inside, with the upper jaw more developed than the lower jaw, they do not have barbs.
 

Breeding season: february and april/may.

Diet: Essentially debris, phanerogams, algae and zooplankton.
 

Status: ENDANGERED

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