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The rainbow trout is invasive in North Macedonia. The total number of fish species differs between sources, potentially due to different classifications regarding what counts as a species. One calculation identifies 85 Actinopterygii and two lampreys. Of these, 27 are endemic, and 19 are invasive. Some fish are endemic to certain lakes or ...
Ohrid trout [2] [1] or the Lake Ohrid brown trout [3] (Salmo letnica) is an endemic species of trout in Lake Ohrid and in its tributaries and outlet, the Black Drin river, in North Macedonia and Albania. Locally, the fish is known as охридска пастрмка (ohridska pastrmka) in Macedonian and Koran or Korani in Albanian.
The Macedonian vimba or Malamída (Vimba melanops) is a European freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Aegean Sea basin in Greece (Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace), and adjacent Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and northwestern Turkey (Evros drainage). It inhabits rivers and freshwater reservoirs.
The biggest island in the Great Prespa Lake, within North Macedonia, is called Golem Grad ("Large Town"), ... Only 11 native fish species are known from the lake.
Lake Ohrid [a] is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania.It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species.
Salmo ohridanus, also known by the local name as the belvica in North Macedonia or belushka in Albania, is a species of freshwater salmonid fish, endemic to Lake Ohrid in Albania and North Macedonia. [2] [1] [3] Salmo ohridanus is a relatively small fish, usually shorter than 30 cm (12 in) and less than 0.5 kg (1.1 lb) weight. [2]
Salmo macedonicus is a species of fish in the family Salmonidae. It is found only in rivers in the upper Vardar river basin in North Macedonia. It is threatened by habitat loss. The taxonomic status of this fish is controversial. [1] [2]
This species is endemic to Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia and Albania in the Balkans. It is a benthopelagic temperate freshwater fish, up to 9 cm in length. It was originally named as a subspecies of Alburnoides bipunctatus. [2] It is threatened by non-indigenous species of fish, many of which have been introduced into Lake Ohrid. [1]