Description

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The only species of the genus and can be diagnosed from other cyprinid species in Europe by having the following characters: prolonged urogenital papilla fused with anterior edge of anal in female; 2 pairs of barbels; last simple dorsal ray serrated; scales almost or completely absent (Ref. 59043).

Common Names

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Hrouzkovec parmovitý , Czech , Czechia

Parmička dalmatská , Czech , Czechia

Dalmatinsk barbe-grundling , Danish , Denmark

Dalmatisk barbe-grundling , Danish , Denmark

Dalmatian barbel-gudgeon , English , UK

Dalmatian Barbelgudgeon , English , UK

Dalmatian barbelgudgeon , English , Global

Pardmaidel , Estonian , Estonia

Dalmatiantörö , Finnish , Finland

管臀魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

管臀鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Ostrulj , Serbian , Serbia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Aulopyge

Species: Aulopyge huegelii Heckel, 1843

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Europe: Croatia (Cetina, Krka and Zrmanja drainages) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (Karstic streams in Glamocko, Livanjsko and Duvanjsko poljes, Lakes Busko and Blidinje).

Biology

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Adults inhabit streams with swift water, still waters and lakes and enter subterranean waters during winter or dry seasons. Larvae and juveniles live on the bottom and are solitary. Omnivorous. Spawn in shallow areas of rivers and lakes. Attain up to about 20 cm SL. Threatened due to small range, water abstraction and pollution. The sharp decline of its population during 20th century had been caused by habitat loss and pollution (Ref. 59043).

Habitat

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benthopelagic