What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Balkan Golden Loach been recorded?

Sabanejewia balcanica occurrence evidence comes from 181 records in 11 countries and territories, from 1948 to 2022. Most records come from Serbia.

CypriniformesCobitidaeSabanejewia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

181 records across 11 countries and territories, 1948–2022.

Sabanejewia balcanica · GBIF taxon key 2367872

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19482022

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Balkan Golden Loach has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Balkan Golden Loach. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Serbia 42
Slovenia 28
Romania 22
Croatia 21
North Macedonia 17
Greece 16
Bulgaria 13
Austria 12
Poland 5
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3
Montenegro 2

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.