Biology:Aphaniops

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Aphaniops is a genus of killifishes in the family Aphaniidae, which are native to Western Asia (including Asia Minor and Iran), Northeast Africa and east to southwest India. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be threatened.

Etymology

The generic name is derived from Aphanius, and ὄψις -opsis meaning "appearance".[1] It is a sister genus to Aphanius and Paraphanius.

Species

There are nine valid species:[2]

  • Aphaniops dispar Rüppell, 1829 (Arabian toothcarp)
  • Aphaniops furcatus Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014[3]
  • Aphaniops ginaonis Holly, 1929
  • Aphaniops hormuzensis (Teimori, Esmaeili, Hamidan & Reichenbacher, 2018)
  • Aphaniops kruppi (Freyhof, Weissenbacher & Geiger, 2017)
  • Aphaniops richardsoni (Boulenger, 1907) (Dead Sea toothcarp)
  • Aphaniops sirhani Villwock, Scholl & Krupp, 1983 (Azraq toothcarp)
  • Aphaniops stiassnyae Getahun & Lazara, 2001 (Lake Afdera killifish)
  • Aphaniops stoliczkanus (Day, 1872)

References

  1. "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 8 December 2023. https://etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Aphaniops in FishBase. June 2024 version.
  3. Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): A new and unique species of the genus Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) from Southern Iran: A case of regressive evolution. Zoologischer Anzeiger – A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 253 (4): 327-337.

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q116188251 entry