Author: Barbieri, Vukić, Šanda & Zogaris, 2017
Comments: Prefers to inhabit streams and rivers with fast flowing well-oxygenated waters usually with cobble- pebble substrate, but also lowland cool water habitats as well.  Also occurs in cool-water canals and spring-fed ditches of the lower Spercheios floodplain.  Usually collected together with <i>Salmo fariodes</i> Karaman, 1938, <i>Squalius vardarensis</i> Karaman, 1928, <i>Barbus sperchiensis</i> Stephanidis, 1950, <i>Luciobarbus graecus</i> (Steindachner, 1896), <i>Pungitius hellenicus</i> Stephanidis, 1971, <i>Rutilus</i> sp. Spercheios and <i>Pelasgus marathonicus</i> (Vinciguerra, 1921) (Ref. 116746).