Squalius squalus can grow to a maximum length that exceed 60 cm (24 in) and 3 kg (6,5 lb), and has been known to live for fifteen years.
It has a long head, a large eye with an orange-tinged iris, a pointed snout, a long, slightly curved, obliquely sloping mouth cleft, a projecting upper jaw and a lower jaw that is shorter or equal in length to the depth of the caudal peduncle.
The color of this fish is brownish or bronze and the scales do not easily become detached.
The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are greyish, and this is the main distinctive character with Squalius cephalus, which pelvic and anal fins are orange-tinged or reddish.
Squalius squalus can grow to a maximum length that exceed 60 cm (24 in) and 3 kg (6,5 lb), and has been known to live for fifteen years. It has a long head, a large eye with an orange-tinged iris, a pointed snout, a long, slightly curved, obliquely sloping mouth cleft, a projecting upper jaw and a lower jaw that is shorter or equal in length to the depth of the caudal peduncle. The color of this fish is brownish or bronze and the scales do not easily become detached. The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are greyish, and this is the main distinctive character with Squalius cephalus, which pelvic and anal fins are orange-tinged or reddish.
Squalius squalus