Biology:Valencia (fish)
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Valencia | |
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| Valencia hispanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Superfamily: | Valencioidea |
| Family: | Valenciidae |
| Genus: | Valencia G. S. Myers, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Hydrargyra hispanica Valenciennes, 1846
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Valencia is the only genus in the family Valenciidae.[1] Valencia is a genus of ray-finned fishes. It is sometimes grouped into the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe.[3]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3][4]
- Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) (Valencia toothcarp)
- Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) (Corfu toothcarp)
- Valencia robertae Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014[4]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Valenciidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ Myers, P.; R. Espinosa (2008). "Genus Valencia". The Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (online). http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Valencia.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Valencia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Freyhof, J., Kärst, H. & Geiger, M. (2014): Valencia robertae, a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) [2013]: 289-298.
- "Valencia Myers, 1928". ITIS Report. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165791.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q136626 entry
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