Pelasgus epiroticus

Pelasgus epiroticus,[1][2] or tsima,[3] is a species of freshwater minnow in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to lake Pamvotis in Greece. Due to the restricted range of the species as well as the significant loss its population suffered since the early 1990s it has been assessed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[4]

Pelasgus epiroticus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Superfamily:	Cyprinoidea
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Pelasgus
Species:	P. epiroticus
Binomial name
Pelasgus epiroticus (Steindachner, 1895)
Synonyms
Paraphoxinus epiroticus Steindachner, 1895 Phoxinellus epiroticus (Steindachner, 1895)

References

1. Leonardos, I. D.; Kagalou, I; Tsoumani, M; Economidis, P. S. (2008). "Fish fauna in a Protected Greek lake: biodiversity, introduced fish species over an 80-year period and their impacts on the ecosystem". Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 17 (1): 165–173. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00268.x.
2. Perdikaris, C; Nathanailides, C; Gouva, E; Karipoglou, C; Paschos, I (2005). "Collapse of Epirus minnow (Pseudophoxinus epiroticus) population in Lake Pamvotis, Greece (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 16 (4): 371–374.
3. Kottelat, Maurice; Freyhof, Jörg (2007). Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Cornol, Switzerland: Publications Kottelat. p. 215.
4. Crivelli, A. J. "Pelasgus epiroticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 June 2014.old-form url