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Etymology: Phoxinellus: Greek, phoxinos = certain river fish; diminituve (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Europe: stream Čikola in Krka drainage, Croatia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 36 - 38. Diagnosed from its congeners by the possession of the following characters: mouth terminal; body naked, no scales except for midlateral row and a few scales above lateral line behind head; 18-45 total scales in midlateral row, lateral line often interrupted posteriorly, with 16-29 pored scales, ending between pelvic fin base and almost end of caudal peduncle; caudal fin shallowly forked, with round lobes (Ref. 59043).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits streams with slow current. Spawns in June. Threatened due to water abstraction 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 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00374 - 0.01767), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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