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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Europe: River Cetina, also karstic streams in Livanjsko polje, Lake Busko and Mandečko near Livno; possibly introduced to Lake Blidinje in Bosnia-Herzegovina more than 100 years ago.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Can be diagnosed from its congeners in Western Balkans and Adriatic basin by the following characters: 76-85 scales on lateral line; ½ 15-17/1/6-7 scales in transverse row from dorsal to pelvic origins; 28-32 scales rows around caudal peduncle; and mouth terminal (Ref. 59043)
Inhabits slow-flowing and still waters and lakes. Enters subterranean waters during winter or droughts. In lakes, adults feed on small fishes. Threatened due to water abstraction, pollution and its small range. Its sharp decline in 20th century was attributed to habitat loss and pollution (Ref. 59043).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00411 - 0.01607), b=3.13 (2.97 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).