Aphaniops

Aphaniops
	Aphaniops stoliczkanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Aphaniops; Hoedeman, 1951
Type species
	Aphanius dispar (Nardo, 1827);

Aphaniops is a genus of killifishes, which are native to Asia (including Asia Minor) and Africa. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be threatened.

Etymology[edit]

The generic name is derived from Aphanius, and ὄψις -opsis meaning "appearance".^[1] It is a sister genus to Aphanius and Paraphanius.

Species[edit]

There are nine valid species:^[2]

Aphaniops dispar Rüppell, 1829 (Arabian toothcarp)
Aphaniops furcatus Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014^[3]
Aphaniops ginaonis Holly, 1929
Aphaniops hormuzensis (Teimori, Esmaeili, Hamidan & Reichenbacher, 2018)
Aphaniops kruppi (Freyhof, Weissenbacher & Geiger, 2017)
Aphaniops richardsoni (Boulenger, 1907) (Dead Sea toothcarp)
Aphaniops sirhani Villwock, Scholl & Krupp, 1983 (Azraq toothcarp)
Aphaniops stiassnyae Getahun & Lazara, 2001 (Lake Afdera killifish)
Aphaniops stoliczkanus (Day, 1872)

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 19 June 2024.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Aphaniops in FishBase. June 2024 version.
^ Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): A new and unique species of the genus Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) from Southern Iran: A case of regressive evolution. Zoologischer Anzeiger – A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 253 (4): 327-337.

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.
Jörg Freyhof; Müfit Ozulug; Gülşah Saç (July 2017). "Neotype designation of Aphanius iconii, first reviser action to stabilise the usage of A. fontinalis and A. meridionalis and comments on the family group names of fishes placed in Cyprinodontidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". Zootaxa. 4294 (5): 573–585. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4294.5.6.

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[ETYFish-1] 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 19 June 2024.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Aphaniops in FishBase. June 2024 version.

[Teimori2014-3] Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): A new and unique species of the genus Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) from Southern Iran: A case of regressive evolution. Zoologischer Anzeiger – A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 253 (4): 327-337.

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