Photo 1831179, (c) Duarte Frade, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Duarte Frade

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Associated observations

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What

Ruivaco (Achondrostoma oligolepis)

Observer

duarte

Date

May 2015

Place

Portugal (Google, OSM)

Description

I wasn't expecting to find fish in this water well, especially not one of the native cyprinids (which generally prefer fast, well oxygenated waters). Apart from being a completely artificial habitat, the water was brown. However, these guys were not only present, they were breeding like crazy! They even jumped out of water in their frenzy to spawn against the walls of the well! Also, notice the distinctive red pectoral fins of this species.

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