Neretva bleak
Alburnus neretvae Buj, Sanda & Perea, 2010
Also calledNeretva viidikas (est) · Neretvanska uklija (hrv) · Neretvanska ukljeva (bos) · Zela (srp) · neretvansalakka (fin)
First described in: Buj, I.; Vukic, J.; Sanda, R.; Perea, S.; Caleta, M.; Marcic, Z.; Bogut, I.; Povz, M.; Mrakovcic, M. (2010). Morphological comparison of bleaks (Alburnus, Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species. <em>Folia Zoologica.</em> 59(2):129-141.
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description
Literature Kosorić & Vuković 1966 a; Žuljević 1967; Muhanović 1984; Burek 1985; Sadović 1986; Kosorić et al. 1989; Mrakovčić et al. 1995; Škrijelj 2002; Šanda et al. 2008 a, 2008 b; Buj et al. 2010; Perea et al. 2010; Tutman et al. 2012 a; Darwall et al. 2014; Oikonomou et al. 2014; Mrdak & Milošević 2017; Benovics et al. 2019; Skenderović et al. 2020 b; Charmpila et al. 2025.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
discussion
Remarks The population from the Neretva River catchment previously identified as Alburnus arborella has been described as a different species, A. neretvae (Buj et al. 2010), endemic to the Neretva River catchment in Croatia and BiH, also recorded in waters of the karstic fields Rastoke and Jezero near Vrgorac, Kuti and Baćinska Lakes, and the lower Neretva River in Croatia. In BiH, it was recorded in the Bregava River, Hutovo Blato wetland, Mušnica River (Gatačko Polje field), Trebišnjica River (Popovo Polje field) (Buj et al. 2010), and previously under the name A. arborela in the Tihaljina / Trebižat River catchment, Buna River (Kosorić & Vuković 1966 a) and in the lower and middle sections of the Neretva River, from the mouth of the Buna River downstream to the mouth of the Neretva River into the sea (Kosorić & Vuković 1966 a; Kosorić et al. 1989; Mrakovčić et al. 1995). It was also recorded in the Salakovac reservoir, approximately 20 km upstream of Mostar (Škrijelj 2002). Pronounced genetic differentiation was revealed between most of the mentioned populations (Charmpila et al. 2025). As this species is very similar to the congeneric Italian bleak (A. arborella) in terms of an
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
distribution
Origin and geographic range in BiH Endemic (NCE, BiH, CRO). Adriatic Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
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