Delminichthys adspersus

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

Delminichthys adspersus (or spotted minnow; Croatian: imotska gaovica[2][3]) is a species of cyprinid fish.

It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karsts.[1]

It is threatened by habitat loss.[4]

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Delminichthys adspersus" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
"Slatkovodne ribe u Republici Hrvatskoj" [Freshwater fish in the Republic of Croatia] (PDF). Vukovar-Srijem County (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
"Sanguinerola dalmata, Delminichthys adspersus (Heckel, 1843)". Ittiofauna.org (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
Crivelli, A.J. (2005). "Delminichthys adspersus". Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

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