Aphanius arakensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Aphanius
Species: Aphanius arakensis

Name

• Aphanius arakensis Teimori et al., 2012

Holotype: ZM-CBSU 10999. Paratypes (35): ZM-CBSU 11000, 11051–11118.

Type locality: Iran, Arak, Namak Lake Basin, 34°00'N, 49°50'E, Altitude 1786 m.[1]

References

Primary references

• Gholami, Z. et al. 2013: Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, south-western Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12052 Reference page. 
• Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Gholami, Z., Zarei, N. & Reichenbacher, B. 2012: Aphanius arakensis, a new species of tooth-carp (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae) from the endorheic Namak Lake basin in Iran. ZooKeys, 215: 55–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.215.1731

Vernacular names

English: Arak tooth-carp
فارسی: Kapour-edandandar-e-Arak