Fish species of the Neretva basin indigenous Neretva's salmonids. It's a two variation of stocked Brown trout, Danube and Atlantic sub-species, that threatens survival of the "Neretva Softmouth" to certain extent but more significantly indigenous "Neretva's Brown" trout of Adriatic strain through cross-breading. Fish species of the Neretva basin The fish fauna of the Neretva river basin in the western Balkans is representative of the Dinaric karst region and characterized by several endemic and endangered species. Overall the Dinaric karst water systems support 25% of the total of 546 fish species in Europe. The river Neretva and its tributaries represent the main drainage system in the
Common minke whale and George Heinsohn (1987), though a white-flippered form in the Southern Hemisphere had been noted earlier. The former described a "diminutive form" based on specimens caught off Durban, South Africa, while the latter named a "dwarf form" based on specimens and sightings from Australia. This unnamed subspecies has a prominent white flipper and shoulder blaze and a dark throat patch, whereas what was called the "dark-shouldered" or "ordinary" form of minke whale (now known as a separate species, the Antarctic minke whale, "B. bonaerensis") lacked these contrasting markings. Until recently, all minke whales were considered a single species. However, the