Biology:Telestes ukliva

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Telestes ukliva
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Telestes
Species:
T. ukliva
Binomial name
Telestes ukliva
(Heckel, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leuciscus ukliva (Heckel, 1843)
  • Heckel, 1843 Squalius ukliva

Telestes ukliva, the Cetina dace or Ukliva dace,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, whch includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species.[2] Endemic to the Cetina river in Croatia and reported as extinct in the 1990s, it was rediscovered in 1997. Earlier authors misidentified T. ukliva as the alien Telestes muticellus and erroneously considered T. ukliva to be extinct.[3] Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ford, M. (2024). "Telestes ukliva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Telestes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Telestes. 
  3. D. Zanella; M. Mrakovčić; P. Mustafić; M. Ćaleta (8 July 2008). "Recovery of Telestes ukliva, an endemic species from the Cetina River, Croatia (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae)". Journal of Fish Biology 73 (1): 311–316. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01928.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q859816 entry