Aphanius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Aphanius
Species: A. almiriensis – A. anatoliae – A. apodus – A. arakensis – A. asquamatus – A. baeticus – A. burdurensis – A. danfordii – A. darabensis – A. desioi – A. dispar – A. farsicus – A. fasciatus – A. furcatus – A. ginaonis – A. iberus – A. irregularis – A. isfahanensis – A. kavirensis – A. kruppi – A. marassantensis – A. mento – A. mesopotamicus – A. pluristriatus – A. punctatus – A. saourensis – A. shirini – A. sirhani – A. sophiae – A. splendens – A. stiassnyae – A. sureyanus – A. transgrediens – A. villwocki – A. vladykovi – †A. opavensis – †A. persicus

Name

Aphanius Nardo, 1827

Gender: masculine
Type species: Aphanius nanus Nardo, 1827, by subsequent designation by Jordan, 1917.

Synonyms

Anatolichthys Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Brachylebias Priem, 1908
Kosswigichthys Soezer, 1942
Lebias Goldfuss, 1820

References

Primary references

Nardo, G.D. 1827. Prodromus observationum et disquisitionum Adriaticae ichthyologiae. Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10: 22–40. Reference page.
Esmaeili, H.R. et al. 2012: Re-validation and re-description of an endemic and threatened species, Aphanius pluristriatus (Jenkins, 1910) (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from southern Iran. Zootaxa, 3208: 58–67. Preview PDF
Freyhof, J., Weissenbacher, A. & Geiger, M. 2017. Aphanius kruppi, a new killifish from Oman with comments on the A. dispar species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 557–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.10. Reference page.
Esmaeili, H.R. et al. 2014: Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species. Zootaxa 3786(3): 246–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.2 Reference page.
Gaudant, J. 2011: Aphanius persicus (Priem, 1908) (Pisces, Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae): une nouvelle combinaison pour Brachylebias persicus Priem, 1908, du Miocène supérieur des environs de Tabriz (Iran). Geodiversitas, 33: 347–356.
Gholami, Z. et al. 2013: Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, south-western Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12052 Reference page.
Gholami, Z. et al. 2013: Scale surface microstructure and scale size in the tooth-carp genus Aphanius (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) from endorheic basins in Southwest Iran. Zootaxa 3619(4): 467–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.4.5 Reference page.
Pfleiderer, S.J., Geiger, M.F. & Herder, F. 2014. Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). Zootaxa 3887(5): 569–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.4 Reference page.
Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. & Freyhof, J. 2018. Aphanius irregularis, a new killifish from south-western Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae). Zootaxa 4410(2): 319–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.4 Reference page.

Additional references

Freyhof, J., Özuluğ, M. & Saç, G. 2017. Neotype designation of Aphanius iconii, first reviser action to stabilise the usage of A. fontinalis and A. meridionalis and comments on the family group names of fishes placed in Cyprinodontidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Zootaxa 4294(5): 573–585. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.5.6. Reference page.

Links

Aphanius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Aphanius in the World Register of Marine Species

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