Telestes ukliva

Telestes ukliva
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Telestes
Species:
T. ukliva
Binomial name
Telestes ukliva
(Heckel, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leuciscus ukliva (Heckel, 1843)
  • Squalius ukliva Heckel, 1843

Telestes ukliva, the Cetina dace or Ukliva dace,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, whch includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species.[2] Endemic to the Cetina river in Croatia and reported as extinct in the 1990s, it was rediscovered in 1997. Earlier authors misidentified T. ukliva as the alien Telestes muticellus and erroneously considered T. ukliva to be extinct.[3] Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ a b Ford, M. (2024). "Telestes ukliva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T61394A137341969. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Telestes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  3. ^ D. Zanella; M. Mrakovčić; P. Mustafić; M. Ćaleta (8 July 2008). "Recovery of Telestes ukliva, an endemic species from the Cetina River, Croatia (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae)". Journal of Fish Biology. 73 (1): 311–316. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01928.x.