Paraphanius

Paraphanius
	a. Paraphanius alexandri; b. P. boulengeri; c. P. mento; d. P. orontis; e. P. similis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Paraphanius; Esmaeili, Teimori, Zarei & Sayyadzadeh, 2020
Type species
	Lebias mento Heckel, 1843;

Paraphanius is a genus of killifishes, which are native to Asia and Asia Minor. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be threatened.

Etymology[edit]

The generic name is derived from para, "near", and Aphanius, the genus from which they were split in 2020.^[1] It is a sister genus to Aphanius and Aphaniops.

Species[edit]

There are seven valid species:^[2]

Paraphanius alexandri (Akşiray, 1948)
Paraphanius boulengeri (Akşiray, 1948)
Paraphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) (Pearl-spotted killifish)
Paraphanius mentoides (Akşiray, 1948)
Paraphanius orontis (Akşiray, 1948)
Paraphanius similis (Akşiray, 1948)
Paraphanius striptus (Goren, 1974)

References[edit]

^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Paraphanius in FishBase. April 2024 version.

Further reading[edit]

Esmaeili, H. R.; Teimori, A.; Zarei, F.; Sayyadzadeh, G. (2020). DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). PLoS ONE. v. 15 (no. 4) (art. e0231717): 1-26
Freyhof, J.; Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2020). A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Zootaxa. 4810 (no. 3): 421-451

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[ETYFish-1] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Paraphanius in FishBase. April 2024 version.

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