Aphanius shirini

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 shirini

Name

Aphanius shirini Gholami et al., (in press)

• Holotype: ZM-CBSU ZG151.
• Paratypes: ZM-CBSU, ZG225, 267–273 (3,5)

Type locality: Paselari spring of the Khosroshirin spring-stream system, Khosroshirin Village, Abadeh City, Fars, Iran, uppermost reaches of Kor River Basin, 30°53′29.5"N, 52°00′36.8"E [1], Altitude 2327 m.

Etymology: The species is named after its type locality, the stream and village of Khosroshirin.

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.