Researches on Wildlife Conservation. Vol. 4.

The genus Phoxinus from Italy and western Balkans was analyzed. Five species are recognised: P. Phoxinus, distributed in the rivers of the Alpine slope of the Padano-Venetian, district; P. ketmaieri n.sp, described from Krk island and River Zrmanje, but whose distribution probably includes also the River Cetina and others rivers of the Dalmatian district, the rivers Krka and Neretva. P. karsticus described from the Endorheic-system of the River Trebinje, Bosnia-Herzegovina is another representative of the Dalmatian-Croatian district; P.apollonicus described from the Moraca-Zeta River system, Lake Skadar drainage, is the representative species of the Albanian district. Finally, P. likai shuold be regarded as an endemic species of the extensive endorheic river system of the Lika region and underwater connected rivers of the Bosnia Erzegovina-Croatian district.