The spirlin is a small, slender, streamlined freshwater fish with a silvery body, a greenish-blue back, and a distinctive dark double line of pigment running along the lateral line. It lives in clean, fast-flowing rivers and streams across much of Europe. Adults reach about 5 inches. It gathers in shoals in well-oxygenated riffles and runs over gravel. This summary was AI generated
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IUCN Status
Threat to humans
Source: Fishbase
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