Delminichthys adspersus

Delminichthys adspersus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Delminichthys
Species:	D. adspersus
Binomial name
Delminichthys adspersus (Heckel, 1843)
Synonyms [2]
Leucos adspersus Heckel, 1843 Paraphoxinus adspersus (Heckel 1843) Phoxinellus adspersus (Heckel 1843)

Delminichthys adspersus, the spotted minnow, ^{[3] [4]} ) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.

It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karsts. ^[5]

It is threatened by habitat loss. ^[1]

References

1. Ford, M. (2024). "Delminichthys adspersus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T39280A137261264. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T39280A137261264.en . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Delminichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 March 2025.
3. "Slatkovodne ribe u Republici Hrvatskoj" [Freshwater fish in the Republic of Croatia](PDF). Vukovar-Srijem County (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
4. "Sanguinerola dalmata, Delminichthys adspersus (Heckel, 1843)". Ittiofauna.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Delminichthys adspersus". FishBase . August 2011 version.