Phoxinus phoxinus (L.) named as European
minnow or common minnow, is a very widespread
species, is found across the Europe and Asia,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific (Howes 1985,
Banarescu 1990).
Minnows are a common cyprinid species in
lakes and rivers of the Palearctic region. It can
live in a wide variety of habitats from cold and
well oxygenated habitats from small, fast-flowing
streams to large Nordic lowland rivers and from
small upland lakes to large oligotrophic lakes.
Usually occurs in association with salmonid
fishes (Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007). |