Paraphanius

Paraphanius
a. Paraphanius alexandri; b. P. boulengeri; c. P. mento; d. P. orontis; e. P. similis
Scientific classification
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

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

Etymology

The 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

There 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

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 20 April 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraphanius". FishBase. April 2024 version.

Further reading

• 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.