Author: Băcescu & Mayer, 1969
Comments: Adults are found in flowing or still waters from small brooks to large rivers, springs, lakes and oxbows on sand, silt or mud bottom (Ref. 59043).  Usually found together with hybridogenous, sperm-parasitic lineages, which have originated by hybridisation with <i>C. taenia</i> and <i>C. tanaitica</i>.  Oviparous, possibly </i>with distinct pairing during breeding similar to congeners (Ref. 205). Spawning period occurs from April to July in aquatic vegetation (Ref. 59043).  Distinguished from <i>C. vardarensis</i> and <i>C. pontica</i> only by chromosome characters. They cannot be distinguished in the field. (Ref. 59043).