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Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Phoxininae
Etymology: Phoxinus: Greek, phoxinos = certain river fish (Ref. 45335); adagumicus: Named after the Adagum River, left tributary of the lower reach of the Kuban River, where the species occurs; an adjective.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Temperate
Distribution
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Europe: Russia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 131041); 5.8 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from geographically close congeners (P. chrysoprasius, P. colchicus) by the presence and predominance of specimens with single-row pharyngeal teeth on one or both sides and a combination of characters, none of which is unique: head depth at nape 54.1-64.8% HL (mean 60.5), and head depth through eye 45.3-51.6% HL (mean 48.0); head length 2.7-3.7 (mean 3.1) times caudal peduncle depth in females and 2.7-3.2 (mean 2.9) times in males; body width at dorsal-fin origin 1.4-2 (mean1.6) times caudal peduncle depth in females and 1.3-1.6 (mean 1.4) times in males; mean number of scale rows on left and right breast patches 3-9 (mean 6.1); scales below lateral line 8-14 (mean 11.8); circumpeduncular scales 37-50 (mean 41.5); 3rd-6th type of breast scalation (mode 4th type) (Ref. 131041).
This species was found only in small streams located in mountainous and foothill areas– in a zone of a width about 15-20 km along the northern slope of the western part of the Main Caucasian Range (Ref. 131041).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Artaev, O.N., I.S Turbanov, A.A. Bolotovskiy, A.A. Gandlin and B.A. Levin, 2024. Taxonomic revision of Phoxinus minnows (Leuciscidae) from Caucasus, with description of a new narrow-ranged endemic species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(1):291-308. (Ref. 131041)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00235 - 0.01406), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
