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The fartet in the huerta of Villena

Villena, L'Alt Vinalopó, Alicante

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The fartet in the huerta of Villena

Curiosity · Villena, L'Alt Vinalopó, Alicante

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The huerta of Villena preserves wetlands where the fartet (Aphanius iberus) lives, a very scarce fish which, according to the municipality's entry, is found only in Morocco and south-eastern Spain. It is a small-bodied fish that rarely exceeds five centimetres in length, listed as endangered and considered one of the highest-risk Iberian vertebrate species. It tolerates shallow, slow-flowing waters with wide variations in salinity, temperature and acidity, a quality that allows it to survive in the ponds and irrigation channels of the huerta.

Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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