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.
| Paraphanius | |
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| a. Paraphanius alexandri; b. P. boulengeri; c. P. mento; d. P. orontis; e. P. similis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Etymology
editThe 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
editThere 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, Hamid Reza; Teimori, Azad; Zarei, Fatah; Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz (2020). "DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". PLOS ONE. 15 (4): e0231717. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1531717E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231717. PMC 7162479. PMID 32298351.
- Freyhof, Jörg; Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran (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.
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