Delminichthys - Karst minnows

Classification

Genus: Delminichthys - Karst minnows
Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Delminichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish which is found in the karst region of the Balkans, Eastern Europe. Until 2006 it was considered part of the genus Phoxinellus. It currently contains four species.

Delminichthys adspersus (Heckel, 1843)
Delminichthys ghetaldii (Steindachner, 1882) (includes previous Phoxinellus pstrossii)
Delminichthys jadovensis (Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2002)
Delminichthys krbavensis (Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2002)

Species

Jadova minnow
(Delminichthys jadovensis)

Spotted minnow
(Delminichthys adspersus)

Krbava minnow
(Delminichthys krbavensis)

Popovo minnow
(Delminichthys ghethaldii)

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