Zingel zingel
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Zingel zingel Magyar bucó.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Zingel zingel
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)
| synonyms = *Aspro zingel (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Perca zingel Linnaeus, 1766
| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Zingel|zingel|month=December|year=2019}}
}}
Zingel zingel, the zingel, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Percidae. It is found in fast-flowing streams in southeastern Europe. It is the type species of the genus Zingel.
Description
Zingel zingel has two separate dorsal fins with 13–15 spines in the first and 18–20 soft rays in the second.{{cite book | author = Peter S. Maitland |year = 2000 | title = Guide to Freshwater Fish of Britain and Europe | page = 230 | publisher = Hamlyn | isbn = 0600596907}} No scales occur on the cheeks. They grow to {{cvt|15|to|30|cm|in}} in length with a maximum length of {{cvt|48|cm|in}}.
Distribution
Zingel zingel is endemic to the drainage basins of the Danube and Dniestr in south-eastern Europe. They have been recorded from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
Habitat and biology
Zingel zingel adults are found in fast-flowing waters in the main course of large rivers. They spawn over sandy bottoms during March and April. Each female mates with several males in dense spawning aggregations. Each female lays about 5,000 adhesive eggs that attach to gravel. Their prey is made up of aquatic insects, crustaceans, fish eggs, and smaller fish.{{cite journal | author1 = Doru Bănăduc | author2 = Cristina Ioana Cismaș | author3 = Angela Bănăduc | year = 2014 | title = Zingel zingel (Linnaeus, 1766) On Site Management Decisions Support System – Study Case | doi = 10.1515/trser-2015-0023 | journal = Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research | volume = 162 | issue =16.2 | pages = 139–150| doi-access = free }} They normally occur at lower altitudes than the streber (Z. streber).
Taxonomy
Zingel zingel was first formally described as Perca zingel in 1766 by Linnaeus with the type locality given as the River Danube in Germany.{{Cof record | spid = 19859 | title = Perca zingel | access-date = 18 September 2020}} When Hippolyte Cloquet (1787–1840) created the genus Zingel he made this species the type species by absolute tautonymy.{{Cof record | genid = 908 | title = Zingel| access-date = 18 September 2020}}
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Category:Freshwater fish of Europe
Category:Fish described in 1766