Naslov
Status of freshwater fish in Croatian Adriatic river systems

Autori
Mrakovčić, Milorad ; Mišetić, Stjepan ; Povž, Meta

Izvornik
Biological conservation (0006-3207) 72 (1995), 2; 179-185

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
endemic; fish; conservation; Croatia

Sažetak
Approximately 64 species of freshwater fish occur in Croatian Adriatic river Systems. Fifty of these are native, the remainder being introduced or translocated. Of the 40 species endemic to the Mediterranean area 11 occur only in Croatia. Others are distributed mostly in the karstic area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, some in Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia and Italy, while a few are distributed throughout the whole Mediterranean. River regulation, hydroelecticity generation and industrial polution, plus very restricted distributions, are the main causes for endemic fish being endangered. The most important Croatian endemic fish are the six species of genus Paraphoxinus and Leuciscus ukliva, Leuciscus polylepis, Leuciscus svallize, Aulopyge hugeli, Salmothymus obtusirostris, Knipowitschia mrakovcici and the endemic subspecies of Salmo trutta.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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