Telestes croaticus

Telestes croaticus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Telestes
Species:	T. croaticus
Binomial name
Telestes croaticus Steindachner, 1866
Synonyms [2]
Phoxinellus croaticus Steindachner, 1866 Paraphoxinus croaticus (Steindachner, 1866)

Telestes croaticus, the Croatian Pijor, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. It is found only in Croatia. Its natural habitats are rivers and inland karsts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Ford, M. (2024). "Telestes croaticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T39274A137340998. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Telestes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Telestes croaticus". FishBase . August 2011 version.

Further reading

• Jelić, Dušan; Krivek, Gabriella (2017). "Threatened Fishes of the World: Telestes croaticus (Steindachner, 1866) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Croatian Journal of Fisheries. 75 (1). Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb: 25–29. doi: 10.1515/cjf-2017-0005 . Retrieved 9 December 2020.