Evrotas Chub

38-42 vertebrates. Dark pigmentation on peritoneum and body. Dark stripe from eye to caudal fin base.

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10

Inhabits springs and streams with fast flow and open water (Ref. 59043). Occurs in deeper waters of the river and in the ditches of lowland, preferring places where current is slow. Found over stony, gravelly and sandy bottoms. Omnivore. Feeds throughout the water column (Ref. 26100). Preys predominantly on aquatic insects. Eggs are adhesive, 2 mm in diameter (Ref. 59043). Threatened due to water abstraction and pollution (Ref. 26100).

fisheries: of no interest

Squalius keadicus is a species of fresh-water fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Greece, and known as the menida in Greek.

It is endemic to the Evrotas River in the Peloponnese. It is threatened by habitat loss.