Valencia Letourneuxi – Corfu Toothcarp

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Valencia Letourneuxi – Corfu Toothcarp

 Facts:

Type: Marine

Average life span in the wild: 3 years

Size: 8cm

Protection status: Endangered

 Further Facts:

Corfu Toothcarp can be found in North West Greece and Albania. The Corfu Toothcarp lives in small freshwater lagoons, swamps and streams that have little or no current.

Toothcarps have lived in Corfu since before the Ice Age; they were able to survive because the part of Greece where they are from was not covered in glaciers. But now, because of humans, they are seriously threatened by over farming and tourism. Their habitats are drying out, and they are struggling to survive.