Mostar naked minnow
(Phoxinellus pseudalepidotus)
Classification
Species:
Phoxinellus pseudalepidotus
Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Phoxinellus pseudalepidotus is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Neretva drainage. Its natural habitat is rivers.
A wide dark stripe along midline from eye to end of caudal peduncle within pigmented area on back and flanks; both dorsal and anal fins with 7 1/2 branched rays.
Snout blunt, markedly rounded. Mouth subterminal.
Pharyngeal teeth 5-4.
Body scaleless. Scales and several scales only above and below lateral line behind head.