Paraphanius
Paraphanius | |
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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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