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Phoxinus karsticus

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Phoxinus karsticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Phoxininae
Genus: Phoxinus
Species:
P. karsticus
Binomial name
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]

References

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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, Anja; Naseka, Alexander; Ramler, David; Ahnelt, Harald (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. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1032-x. PMC 5549366. PMID 28793855. S2CID 21935393.