Lake Yliki
Lake Yliki is a large natural lake of Boeotia, central Greece. Situated 8 km north of Thebes at 78 m elevation, it has been an important source of drinking water for the Athens agglomeration since 1958. It is surrounded by low mountains, which separate it from the drained Lake Copais.
Wildlife
The lake is home to several threatened endemic or near-endemic fish species:- Yliki barbel or skarouni formerly classified as
- Greek stickleback or ellinopygósteos
- marathon minnow
- Beotian riffle dace or paskóviza
- Greek rudd or kalamithra
- Yliki roach