Phoxinus apollonicus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015, is a small cold-water adapted cyprinid fish living in the tout region of rivers of Montenegro and Albania. Description Unequivocally distinguished from all others Phoxinus species by the reduced number of teeth on pharyngeal bones. The species usually has four teeth on external row, but also 3 or 2, and 1 or 0 in the inner row. Others characters which, combined, can help to distinguish this species from the others: adult males has patches of breast scales connected anteriorly; the lateral line is nearly completed, posteriorly reaching the vertical line crossing the upper and the lower insertion of the caudal fin; flank of body with a marked mid-lateral longitudinal stripe extending from tip of snout to the base of caudal fin; a distinct spot at