DOI: 10.14798/72.4.755
Short communication, Note
THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Phoxinellus pseudalepidotus Bogutskaya & Zupančič, 2003 (Cyprinidae)
2014, 72 (4) p. 178-180
Tanja Mihinjač, Ivana Markotić, Marko Ćaleta
Abstract
Mostar minnow, Phoxinellus pseudalepidotus, is a freshwater fish endemic to the Neretva River drainage. Present data suggest that species is restricted only to wetland of the Mostarsko Blato but it is considered to be distributed more widely in the River Neretva basin. It is threatened because of the extremely limited range of distribution, river regulation and influence of the non-indigenous species. Suggested conservation actions for Mostar minnow are habitat protection and establishing of the nature reserve in the area of the Mostarsko Blato. Stocking with translocated and non-native species should be also banned.
Keywords
phoxinellus pseudalepidotus, cyprinidae, neretva basin, conservation