Phoxinus karsticus

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]

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

References

  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.
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