Vieja fenestrata (Günther 1860)

Spinitectus Infestation 5 (Larvae sp.). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Inhabits lakes, preferring mesotrophic waters with a mud or sand bottom. Some populations have migrated into the lower river valleys with slow to moderate flowing waters. Feeds mainly on plant and vegetable matter supplemented by invertebrates and aquatic insects.

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Breeding pairs lay eggs on wood, rock or in the sand.

Rhabdochona Infestation 5. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Procamallanus Infection 13. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Yellow Grub. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Spiroxys Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Posthodiplostomum Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Polymorphus Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Neoechinorhynchus Infestation 6. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Cichlasotrema Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Perezitrema Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Echinochasmus Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Drepanocephalus Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Diplostomum Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Ascocotyle Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Cladocystis Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Gnathostoma Disease (larvae). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Rhabdochona Infestation 6. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Genarchella Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Crassicutis Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Inhabits lakes, preferring mesotrophic waters with a mud or sand bottom. Some populations have migrated into the lower river valleys with slow to moderate flowing waters. Feeds mainly on plant and vegetable matter supplemented by invertebrates and aquatic insects.