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🇧🇦Animals recorded in Bosnia & Herzegovina

Which animals have been recorded in Bosnia & Herzegovina? 4,131 occurrence records cover 697 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Italian chub, Grayling [fish], Neretva bleak.

Country evidence passport

Evidence found

4,131 coordinate-bearing animal records; 697 species facets.

BA is the stable ISO place code.

Source coverage

GBIF Animalia occurrence facets for this country, restricted to CC0 records.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect GBIF.

What this means

The listed species have reusable occurrence evidence in the stated source universe.

Rows are ordered by record count.

What this does not mean

The list is not a census, abundance ranking, native-range claim or guarantee of current presence.

Missing or low counts can reflect uneven survey effort.

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Italian chub, Grayling [fish], Neretva bleak. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Bosnia & Herzegovina

AnimalGroupRecords
Italian chub
Squalius squalus
—
Cyprinidae
102
Grayling [fish]
Thymallus thymallus
—
Salmonidae
74
Neretva bleak
Alburnus neretvae
—
Cyprinidae
72
Neretva chub
Squalius svallize
—
Cyprinidae
68
Minnow Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
—
Cyprinidae
66
Neretva roach
Leucos basak
—
Cyprinidae
65
Rainbow Trout Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
—
Salmonidae
62
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
—
Cyprinidae
62
Sea trout, Brown trout Sea trout
Salmo trutta
—
Salmonidae
60
Salmo spec —
Salmonidae
58
European chub European chub
Squalius cephalus
—
Cyprinidae
57
wood mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
Mammalia
Muridae
52
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
—
Salmonidae
48
Pumkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
—
Centrarchidae
43
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
—
Cyprinidae
42
Southern white-breasted hedgehog
Erinaceus concolor
Mammalia
Erinaceidae
42
Yellow-necked Mouse Yellow-necked Mouse
Apodemus flavicollis
Mammalia
Muridae
40
Huchen
Hucho hucho
—
Salmonidae
38
Danube Barbel
Barbus balcanicus
—
Cyprinidae
38
N
Gobio obtusirostris
—
Cyprinidae
37
Charr
Salvelinus umbla
—
Salmonidae
36
Adriatic Salmon
Salmo obtusirostris
—
Salmonidae
36
Barbel
Barbus barbus
—
Cyprinidae
36
Dalmatian Barbelgudgeon
Aulopyge huegelii
—
Cyprinidae
36
Trout
Salmo marmoratus
—
Salmonidae
35
Stygopholcus skotophilus Arachnida
Pholcidae
35
Livno masnica
Squalius tenellus
—
Cyprinidae
35
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
—
Cyprinidae
35
European mole
Talpa europaea
Mammalia
Talpidae
34
Dalmatian nase
Chondrostoma knerii
—
Cyprinidae
34
Schneider
Alburnoides bipunctatus
—
Cyprinidae
33
Tench
Tinca tinca
—
Cyprinidae
33
Danube roach
Rutilus virgo
—
Cyprinidae
31
Livno nase
Chondrostoma phoxinus
—
Cyprinidae
31
Roach Roach
Rutilus rutilus
—
Cyprinidae
29
Pike-perch
Sander lucioperca
—
Percidae
29
Bleak
Alburnus alburnus
—
Cyprinidae
28
common vole
Microtus arvalis
Mammalia
Cricetidae
28
Danubian Spined Loach
Cobitis elongatoides
—
Cobitidae
27
Stygopholcus absoloni Arachnida
Pholcidae
26
Wels
Silurus glanis
—
Siluridae
25
bream
Abramis brama
—
Cyprinidae
25
striped pijor
Telestes metohiensis
—
Cyprinidae
25
spotted minnow
Delminichthys adspersus
—
Cyprinidae
25
Blue-tailed Damselfly Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans
Insecta
Coenagrionidae
24
Dinaric minnow
Phoxinellus alepidotus
—
Cyprinidae
24
Bullhead Bullhead
Cottus gobio
—
Cottidae
24
Lesser Blind Mole Rat
Spalax leucodon
Mammalia
Spalacidae
23
Vimba
Vimba vimba
—
Cyprinidae
22
Neretva rudd
Scardinius plotizza
—
Cyprinidae
22
Popovo minnow
Delminichthys ghetaldii
—
Cyprinidae
22
European Eel European Eel
Anguilla anguilla
—
Anguillidae
22
Ruddy Darter
Sympetrum sanguineum
Insecta
Libellulidae
21
Brown bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
—
Ictaluridae
21
Dalmatian rudd
Scardinius dergle
—
Cyprinidae
21
three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
—
Gasterosteidae
21
Dentex Trout
Salmo dentex
—
Salmonidae
21
Neretva Spined Loach
Cobitis narentana
—
Cobitidae
20
Eurasian red squirrel Eurasian red squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
Mammalia
Sciuridae
20
Balkan Snow Vole
Dinaromys bogdanovi
Mammalia
Cricetidae
19
How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a common animal or simply a well-watched one, and limited records appear alongside repeated records. Open an animal to inspect whether the evidence is one-off, repeated, recent or historical.