Greece
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Greece is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range ( these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Alosa macedonica (Clupeidae) Macedonia Shad
Alosa vistonica (Clupeidae) Greek Shad
Cobitis arachthosensis (Cobitidae)
Cobitis hellenica (Cobitidae) Hellenic Loach
Cobitis punctilineata (Cobitidae)
Cobitis stephanidisi (Cobitidae)
Cobitis strumicae OC (Cobitidae)
Cobitis trichonica (Cobitidae)
Barbus euboicus (Cyprinidae) Petropsaro
Barbus peloponnesius OC (Cyprinidae) Balkan Barbel
Leuciscus keadicus (Cyprinidae)
Leuciscus pleurobipunctatus (Cyprinidae)
Messinobarbus carottae (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus beoticus (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus (Cyprinidae) Daska
Rutilus ylikiensis (Cyprinidae)
Scardinius acaranicus (Cyprinidae)
Scardinius graecus (Cyprinidae) Greek Rudd
Tropidophoxinellus hellenicus (Cyprinidae)
Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus (Cyprinidae)
Pungitius hellenicus (Gasterosteidae) Greek Ninespine Stickleback
Economidichthys pygmaeus (Gobiidae)
Economidichthys trichonis (Gobiidae)
Knipowitschia goerneri (Gobiidae)
Knipowitschia milleri (Gobiidae)
Knipowitschia thessala (Gobiidae)
Silurus aristotelis (Siluridae) Aristotle's Catfish
Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were not included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 28 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 10 species total 38 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Greece.
Salaria economidisi (Blenniidae) 2004
Alburnus vistonicus (Cyprinidae) 2007
Alburnus volviticus (Cyprinidae) 2007
Barbus thessalus (Cyprinidae) Thessalian Barbel
Pelasgus laconicus (Cyprinidae) 2004
Phoxinus strymonicus (Cyprinidae) 2007
Pseudophoxinus marathonicus (Cyprinidae)
Rutilus panosi (Cyprinidae) 2006
Squalius peloponensis (Cyprinidae) Peloponnese Chub
Aphanius almiriensis (Cyprinodontidae) 2007