Freyhof, J. & B. Stelbrink, 2007
Freyhof, Jörg and Björn Stelbrink: Cobitis illyrica, a new species of loach from Croatia (Teleostei: Cobitidae)Abstract
Cobitis illyrica, new species, from Imotski polje, Croatia, is distinguished from other Cobitis in drainages of the northern Adriatic basin by a slender caudal peduncle, a single, indistinct black spot at upper caudal-fin base or no black spot, lateral pigmentation zone Z1 and Z3 with few small spots; on postdorsal body, zones Z1-Z3 confluent in males.
Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 269-275, 2007