AGIM HAZIRI, SHEVAL MEMISHI, ENVER ZENKU
State University of Tetova, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rr. Ilindenit, 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia.
*Corresponding author; E-mail: agim.haziri@unite.edu.mk
Abstract
Vardar River is the largest river in the country. Springs on the slopes of Shara, near the village Vërtok, a few kilometers from the town of Gostivar. Upstream of the Vardar River is characterized by a very interesting aquatic flora and ichthyofaun. Aquatic flora is mostly epilit and epfil character. It is represented by mosses and algae. Encountered within Fontinalis antipyretica and Rhynchostegium riparioides. They are represented by algae Cladophora glomerata and species of genus Voucheria sp. In winter and early spring, rocky surfaces upstream of the river, covered with dense populations mikroflorale, mainly by blue green algae (Cyanophyta) and diatom (Bacillariophyta). As the most common kind of gender separated Nitzschia sp., Which encountered next to the river, mainly as bentosale forms. Ichthyofaun of Vardar River is very rich and is represented by 19 species and subspecies of fish marrow, which can be distinguished: Salmo trutta fario, Salmo macedonicus, Leuciscus cephalus vardarensis, Chondrostoma nasus vardarensis, Cobitis taenia vardarensis,
etc.
Keywords: River Vardar, aquatic flora, mosses, algae, ichthyofaun, fish.
