| Family: |
Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Leuciscinae |
| Max. size: |
7.25 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Europe: Osum [Osumi] River in the upper Seman River drainage, Albania. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal soft rays: 15-18; Vertebrae: 40-42. Distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: anal fin with 11½-13½ branched rays; 46-53 small scales on the total pored lateral line; total vertebrae usually 40 (20+20 and 21+19) or 41 (21+20 and 20+21); deep caudal peduncle (depth 43-48% body depth at dorsal fin origin); usually a mostly or completely scaleless ventral keel; mouth with a curved and only slightly slanted cleft and a produced fleshy snout; interorbital width 1.3-1.5 times the eye diameter; weakly ossified preethmoid; depressed and considerably expanded anterior tip of the basihyal, a unique feature among species of Alburnoides from western Europe (Ref. 85842). |
| Biology: |
Found in a shallow river section 2 m wide with a stony bottom at an elevation of about 825 m (Ref. 85842). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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