Biology:Apricaphanius
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Apricaphanius is a genus of killifishes in the family Aphaniidae, which are native to northern Africa and southern Europe. All species in the genus have very small distributions and are seriously threatened.
Etymology
The generic name is derived from apricus, "shining", referring to many small white spots on flanks of males, and Aphanius, the genus from which they were split in 2020.[1][2]
Species
There are three valid species:[3]
- Apricaphanius baeticus (Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002)
- Apricaphanius iberus (Valenciennes, 1846) (Spanish toothcarp)
- Apricaphanius saourensis (Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006) (Sahara aphanius)
References
- ↑ Jörg Freyhof; Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu (July 2020). "A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". Zootaxa 4810 (3): 421–451. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.2. PMID 33055730.
- ↑ "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/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Apricaphanius in FishBase. April 2024 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q122329494 entry
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