Aphanius apodus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 apodus

Name

Aphanius apodus (Gervais, 1853)

• Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4307 (12), ZMB 3497 (2).
• Type locality: Springs of Tell, south of Constantine, Algeria.

Synonymy

• Tellia apoda Gervais, 1853
  • Lebias apodus (Gervais, 1853)
  • Aphanius thermarum (Eichwald, 1851)
  • Poecilia thermarum (Eichwald, 1851)

References

Primary references

• Gervais, P. 1853. Remarques sur les poissons fluviatiles de l'Algérie, et description de deux genres nouveaux sous les noms de Coptodon et Tellia. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris (zoologie), 3(19): 5–17. Reference page. 

Links

• Tellia apoda in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 8, 2014.
• Aphanius apodus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Aphanius apodus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Aphanius apodus (Gervais, 1853) (Near Threatened)