Characteristics
- Size: 8 - 10 cm
- Habitat: Common in fast-flowing, well oxygenated fresh water and well-drained vegetated ponds. Present in Scotland.
- Identification: Small, slender, dark-coloured with blunt snout and small scales. Belly is cream to pearly, changing in male to red in spawning season where the males also have tubercles.
- Similar species: gudgeon, which is lighter in colour and has small barbels. Largest length is 15 centimetres.
In Germany the Eurasian minnow is very seldom encountered and stands under protection.
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