Phoxinus karsticus

Phoxinus karsticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Phoxinus
Species:	P. karsticus
Binomial name
	Phoxinus karsticus; Bianco & De Bonis, 2015

Phoxinus karsticus is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It was described in 2015 from Popovo Polje in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It is probably endemic to the rivers of this region.[2]

References

Bianco, Pier Giorgio; Salvatore, De Bonis (2015). A taxonomic study on the genus Phoxinus (Acthinopterigy, Cyprinidae) from Italy and western Balkans with description of four new species: P. ketmaieri, P. karsticus, P. apollonicus and P. likai (Res.Wildl.Conserv. Vol 4 ed.). USA: IGF. pp. 1–22. ISBN 978-1-326-47086-9.
Palandačić, A., et a. (2017). Contrasting morphology with molecular data: an approach to revision of species complexes based on the example of European Phoxinus (Cyprinidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 184.

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[1] Bianco, Pier Giorgio; Salvatore, De Bonis (2015). A taxonomic study on the genus Phoxinus (Acthinopterigy, Cyprinidae) from Italy and western Balkans with description of four new species: P. ketmaieri, P. karsticus, P. apollonicus and P. likai (Res.Wildl.Conserv. Vol 4 ed.). USA: IGF. pp. 1–22. ISBN 978-1-326-47086-9.

[2] Palandačić, A., et a. (2017). Contrasting morphology with molecular data: an approach to revision of species complexes based on the example of European Phoxinus (Cyprinidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 184.