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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusSqualius
Squalius illyricus
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Illyrian chub

Squalius illyricus Heckel & Kner, 1858

Also calledCavedano illirico (ita) · Ilirski klen (hrv) · Illyrianseipi (fin) · Mëlyshi i zi (sqi) · jelec ilyrský (ces) · 南斯拉夫雅羅魚 (zho)

First described in: Heckel, J. J.; Kner, R. (1857). Die Süsswasserfische der Österreichischen Monarchie, mit Rücksicht auf die angränzenden Länder. <em>Leipzig.</em> i-xii + 1-388.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Remarks Hamzić (2024) mentioned this species for BiH, but it is endemic to the Krka River and Cetina River catchments in Croatia only (Ćaleta et al. 2019) and is therefore not included in the list of fishes from BiH.

Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2360655.