Pseudophoxinus atropatenus, also known as the Azerbaijani spring roach or Shirvan roachling, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2]
| Pseudophoxinus atropatenus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Pseudophoxinus |
| Species: | P. atropatenus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophoxinus atropatenus (Derjavin, 1937)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rutilus atropatenus | |
It is only found in the Kura River drainage in Azerbaijan, inhabiting small spring lakes in an area of max. 44 km diameter.[3]
In the Mediterranean clade of Pseudophoxinus, the Azerbaijani spring roach is the only species that inhabits Transcaucasus. Biogeographically it appears to be a Miocene-Pliocene relict in this region.[3]
References edit
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus atropatenus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19449330A19848537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T19449330A19848537.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudophoxinus atropatenus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ a b O.N. Artaev, B.A. Levin, N.Dzh. Mustafayev, E.P. Simonov (2018) Caucasian Relict Fish - Azerbaijani Spring Roach. Priroda 2018 (5), 37–61 (In Russian)
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