''Delminichthys'' is a genus of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ve ...
fish which is found in the
karst region of the
Balkans
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,
Eastern Europe
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. Until 2006 it was considered part of the genus ''
Phoxinellus
''Phoxinellus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in the Balkans. There are currently three described species in this genus.
Species
* ''Phoxinellus alepidotus'' Heckel, 1843
* ''Phoxinellus dalmaticus'' Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2000
* ...
''. It currently contains four species.
Species
* ''
Delminichthys adspersus
''Delminichthys adspersus'' (or spotted minnow; hr, imotska gaovica) is a species of cyprinid fish.
It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karst ...
''
( Heckel, 1843)
* ''
Delminichthys ghetaldii
''Delminichthys ghetaldii'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.
It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with its natural habitats being rivers, freshwater springs, and inland karsts.
It is threatened by habitat loss. T ...
''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1882) (includes previous ''Phoxinellus pstrossii'')
* ''
Delminichthys jadovensis
''Delminichthys jadovensis'' is a species of cyprinid fish.
It is found only in Croatia, in the karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by undergro ...
''
( Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2002)
* ''
Delminichthys krbavensis
''Delminichthys krbavensis'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae.
It is found only in Krbavsko Polje in Croatia, in a single karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and ...
''
( Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2002)
References
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Cyprinid fish of Europe
Ray-finned fish genera
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