Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
J Fish Biol. 2011 Aug;79(2):418-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03038.x. Epub 2011 Jul 14.
Populations of endemic Croatian dace were found to belong to two different species, one of which is first described in this study. Telestes karsticus sp. nov. differed morphologically from Telestes polylepis in the total count of lateral line scales, number of gill rakers and the shape of the posterior margin of the anal fin. Morphological differences were corroborated with mtDNA analyses (with p-distance between T. polylepis and T. karsticus sp. nov. ranging between 3·2 and 4·1%; and the number of substitutions between 37 and 47). The newly described species is geographically very localized. It has been recorded from only four localities around Velika Kapela and Mala Kapela mountains in Croatia.
研究发现，克罗地亚地方特有鲦鱼种群属于两个不同的物种，其中一个在本研究中首次被描述。新种喀斯特鲦在侧线鳞总数、鳃耙数和臀鳍后缘形状方面与多鳞鲦有所不同。形态差异得到了 mtDNA 分析的证实（多鳞鲦和新种喀斯特鲦之间的 p 距离在 3.2%到 4.1%之间，替换数在 37 到 47 之间）。新描述的物种在地理上非常局限。它仅在克罗地亚的维拉卡佩拉山和玛拉卡佩拉山周围的四个地方有记录。
