Phoxinellus dalmaticus
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| Phoxinellus dalmaticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Phoxinellus |
| Species: | P. dalmaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoxinellus dalmaticus Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2000 | |
Phoxinellus dalmaticus, the Dalmatian minnow or Cikola minnow, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species is found in Southeastern Europe, in the Western Balkans, where it is endemic to southern Croatia.
Phoxinellus dalmaticus was first formally described in 2000 by Primož Zupančič and Nina Gidalevna Bogutskaya with its type locality given as the Čikola River at Kljake in Croatia.[2] The genus Phoxineluus is classified within the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae.[3]
Etymology
Phoxinellus dalmaticus is classified in the genus Phoxinellus, this name is a diminutive of Phoxinus, the genus of the "true" Eurasian minnows. It is thought that Heckel may have coined this name due to the small size of P. alepidotus when compared to Cyprinus phoxinus. The specific name, dalmaticus, means "of Dalmatia", the region of southern Croatia where this species is endemic.[4]
Description
Phoxinellus dalmaticus has a naked body with the only scales being in the relatively, short, sometimes broken lateral line which has between 18 and 44 scales, these are both pored and unpored. It has a low count of 37 or 38 vertebrae. 21 abdominal vertebrae iand 16 or 17 caudal vertebrae. The caudal fin has a shallow fork with clearly rounded lobes.[5] This species has a maximum standard length of 6 cm (2.4 in).[6]