Leucos basak

Leucos basak, the Albanian roach, Dalmatian roach or Croatian roach, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro.[2][3][4]

Leucos basak
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Leucos
Species:	L. basak
Binomial name
Leucos basak Heckel, 1843
Synonyms
Rutilus basak (Heckel, 1843) Rutilus prespensis (Karaman, 1924) Rutilus ohridanus (Karaman, 1924) Rutilus karamani Fowler, 1977

Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers and freshwater lakes.

References

1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Rutilus basak". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60777A12396138. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60777A12396138.en.
2. Branko Glamuzina; Adem Hamzić; Sanja Matic-Skoko; Pero Tutman; Jakov Dulčić (June 2018). "Life history traits of Neretva roach Rutilus basak (Heckel, 1843) (Pisces, Cyprinidae): Biological and ecological contribution for biodiversity conservation of freshwater fish". researchgate.net. Ribarstvo 76(2):. pp. 66–71. doi:10.2478/cjf-2018-0008. Retrieved 25 April 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Leucos basak" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
4. Bianco, P.G. & Ketmaier, V. (2014): A revision of the Rutilus complex from Mediterranean Europe with description of a new genus, Sarmarutilus, and a new species, Rutilus stoumboudae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3841 (3): 379–402.