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Scientific Name Barbus balcanicus  Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb & Berrebi, 2002
Common Name
Type Locality Krupaja River (tributary of Mlava River, Danube River basin), at Milanovac, near Krepoljin, Serbia, Yugoslavia (about 44°16'N, 21°37'E).
Pronunciation Bar buss
Etymology Barbus = barbel, in reference to the barbels that fishes in this genus have. 
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Size 175mm or 6.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Europe: Serbia. Adriatic basin: Soca drainage (Italy, Slovenia). Danube drainage: upper Save, Archar, Krupaja, Vlasinsko and Nera systems, possibly more widespread in upper Danube drainage. Aegean basin: Gallikos, Vardar, Loudias and Aliakmon drainages (Greece, Macedonia). .
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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2008.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Folia Zoologica: international journal of vertebrate zoology. v. 51 (no. 3), pp 233, Fig. 4.
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Last Update 2017 Aug 15 13:03 (species record created: 2016 Aug 02 13:46)