Delminichthys
Encyclopedia
Delminichthys is a genus of cyprinid
fish which is found in Eastern Europe
. It currently contains four species.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish which is found in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. It currently contains four species.
Species
- Delminichthys adspersus (HeckelJohann Jakob HeckelJohann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna...
, 1843) - Delminichthys ghetaldiiDelminichthys ghetaldiiDelminichthys ghetaldii is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater springs, and inland karsts.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1882) - Delminichthys jadovensis (Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2002)
- Delminichthys krbavensis (Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2002)