the single species Romanichthys valsanicola, known as the sculpin-perch, asprete, or Romanian darter. This fish was described in 1957 by Romanian student...

outgroup to root the tree. This is not universally accepted, though, and the asprete (Romanichthys valsanicola) has been more recently placed within the genus...

there is evidence to suggest that it may be a single genus and that the asprete should be classified within Zingel. Apart from one species which is found...

percnurum) Gymnocephalus ambriaelacus Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi) Asprete (Romanichthys valsanicola) Rhone streber (Zingel asper) Futuna's emperor...

female's valuable roe – known as beluga caviar. Romania is also home to the asprete, a critically endangered species described by the media as a living fossil...