Telestes muticellus

Telestes muticellus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Telestes
Species:
T. muticellus
Binomial name
Telestes muticellus
(Bonaparte, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Leuciscus multicellus Bonaparte, 1837

Telestes muticellus, the Italian riffle dace, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species and the Western riffle dace or souffia (T. souffia) are both sometimes called vairone and were previously considered conspecific. This fish is found in northern Italy and Slovenia.

Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.