Pachychilon pictum

Pachychilon pictum, the Albanian roach, is one of a few species of cyprinid fish so named, found predominantly in Albania and in parts of Greece, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Montenegro; and since the 1980s, introduced subpopulations have become established in the Adour, Dordogne, Garonne and Aude river systems in southern France, and in the Serchio River system and Lake Massaciuccoli in Tuscany, northwestern Italy.^[1] Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pachychilon pictum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Pachychilon
Species:	P. pictum
Binomial name
Pachychilon pictum (Heckel & Kner, 1858)
Synonyms
Squalius pictus Heckel & Kner, 1858 Rutilus pictus (Heckel & Kner, 1858)