Squalius malacitanus

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

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: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Squalius
Species: Squalius malacitanus

Name

Squalius malacitanus Doadrio & Carmona, 2006

• Holotype: MNCN 243699.
• Paratypes: MNCN 212057-61 (5), 212280-311 (32), 243700-703 (4), 246678-680 (3).

Type locality: Guadalmina River, Benahavis, Málaga, Spain. .

Etymology: –anus, belonging to: province of Málaga (Malaca in Latin), Spain, where it occurs. (from The ETYFish project)

Vernacular names

English: Malaga Chub

References

• Doadrio, I. & Carmona, J.A. 2006. Phylogenetic overview of the genus Squalius (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with description of two new species. Cybium, 30(3): 199–214. Reference page. 
• Perea, S., Cobo-Simon, M. & Doadrio, I. 2016. Cenozoic tectonic and climatic events in southern Iberian Peninsula: implications for the evolutionary history of freshwater fish of the genus Squalius (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97: 155–169. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.007 Reference page. 

Links

• Squalius malacitanus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Squalius malacitanus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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