Biology:Mediterranean killifish

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Mediterranean killifish
Aphanius fasciatus male.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Aphanius
Species:
A. fasciatus
Binomial name
Aphanius fasciatus
(Valenciennes, 1821)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyprinodon fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)
  • Lebias fasciatus Valenciennes, 1821
  • Ciprinoides nanofasciatus Nardo, 1824
  • Aphanius nanus Nardo, 1827
  • Aphanius fasciatus Nardo, 1827
  • Lebias lineatopunctata Wagner, 1828
  • Aphanius lineatopunctatus (Wagner, 1828)
  • Lebias sarda Wagner, 1828
  • Aphanius sarda (Wagner, 1828)
  • Poecilia calaritana Cuvier, 1829
  • Aphanius calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Cyprinodon calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Lebias calaritana (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Lebias calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Lebias flava Costa, 1838
  • Aphanius flavus (Costa, 1838)
  • Lebias nigropunctata Schinz, 1840
  • Lebias nigropunctata Bonaparte, 1841
  • Aphanius nigropunctata (Bonaparte, 1841)
  • Cyprinodon moseas Valenciennes, 1846
  • Aphanius moseasv (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Cyprinodon hammonis Valenciennes, 1846
  • Aphanius hammonis (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Cyprinodon cyanogaster Guichenot, 1859
  • Aphanius cyanogaster (Guichenot, 1859)
  • Cyprinodon doliatus Guichenot, 1859
  • Aphanius doliatus (Guichenot, 1859)
  • Micromugil timidus Gulia, 1861
  • Aphanius timidus (Gulia, 1861)
  • Micromugil macrogaster Gulia, 1861
  • Aphanius desioi (Gianferrari, 1933)

The Mediterranean killifish, Mediterranean banded killifish or South European toothcarp (Aphanius fasciatus) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France , Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are saline lakes, saline marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.[3]

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Aphanius fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T1847A8316811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T1847A8316811.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1847/8316811. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Aphanius fasciatus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q1050262 entry