prespensis, Leucos aula var. Karaman [S.] 1924:57 [Pisces Macedoniae; ref. 15902] Lake Prespa, Republic of Macedonia. Syntypes: (4) IEBMT. •Synonym of Rutilus rubilio (Bonaparte 1837), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Lelek 1987:230 [ref. 22962]). •Synonym of Rutilus ohridanus (Karaman 1924) -- (Marić & Radujković 2009:139 [ref. 31438]). •Valid as Rutilus prespensis (Karaman 1924) -- (Maric 1988:63 [ref. 20058], Kottelat 1997:80 [ref. 22952], Bogutskaya & Iliadou 2006:294 [ref. 28494], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:244 [ref. 29996], Milsevič et al. 2011:1 [ref. 31524], Milosević et al. 2011:1107 [ref. 31524], Perea 2011:15 [ref. 31802], Barbieri et al. 2015:62 [ref. 35029], Levin et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35061], Shumka et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40747]). •Synonym of Leucos basak Heckel 1843 -- (Bianco & Ketmaier 2014:385 [ref. 33417]). Current status: Synonym of Leucos basak Heckel 1843. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Southeastern Europe: Lakes Prespa and Skadar: Albania, Greece and Macedonia (if valid). Habitat: freshwater.