Anatolichthys
| Anatolichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Anatolichthys Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 |
| Type species | |
| Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turkichthys Ermin, 1946 | |
Anatolichthys is a genus of toothcarps, which are native to Asia Minor. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be threatened.
Etymology[edit]
The generic name is derived from Anatolia, a name for the Asian part of Turkey and ichthys "fish".[1]
Species[edit]
There are thirteen valid species:[2]
- Anatolichthys anatoliae Leidenfrost, 1912 (Lake Tuz toothcarp)
- Anatolichthys danfordii Boulenger, 1890 (Sultan Sazlığı toothcarp)
- Anatolichthys fontinalis Akşiray, 1948 [3]
- Anatolichthys iconii Akşiray, 1948 [3]
- Anatolichthys irregularis (Yoğurtçuoğlu & Freyhof, 2018) [3]
- Anatolichthys maeandricus Akşiray, 1948 [3]
- Anatolichthys marassantensis Pfleiderer, Geiger & Herder, 2014 (Kızılırmak toothcarp) [3]
- Anatolichthys meridionalis Akşiray, 1948 [3]
- Anatolichthys saldae Akşiray, 1955 [3]
- †Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 (Gölçük toothcarp)
- Anatolichthys sureyanus W. Neu, 1937 (Burdur toothcarp)
- Anatolichthys transgrediens Ermin, 1946 (Acıgöl toothcarp)
- Anatolichthys villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003 (Sakarya toothcarp)
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 Anatolichthys in FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pfleiderer, S. Johannes; Geiger, Matthias F.; Herder, Fabian (2014). "Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)". Zootaxa. 3887 (5): 569–582. doi:10.11646/Zootaxa.3887.5.4. PMID 25543950.
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. 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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