Spotted minnow
(Delminichthys adspersus)

Classification

Species: Delminichthys adspersus

General data

Scientific names: Spotted minnow
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Temperate
Native: Europe
Distribution: Vrljika

Delminichthys adspersus (or spotted minnow; Croatian: imotska gaovica) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in Vrljika drainage and Lake Crveno in Imotsko polje, Matica and Norin drainages (Croatia); Tihaljina and Trebizat system in Neretva drainage (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karsts.

It is threatened by habitat loss.