Paraphanius mento

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontiformes

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

Familia: Aphaniidae
Genus: Paraphanius
Species: Paraphanius mento

Name

Paraphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)

• Possible syntypes: NMW 21699-704 (6), 59832 (21).
• Type locality: Mossul, northern Iraq (36°18'N, 43°18'E).

Synonymy

• Lebias mento Heckel, 1843
  • Aphanius sophiae mentoides Akşiray, 1948 [=Paraphanius mentoides (Akşiray, 1948)]
    • Type locality: Kirk Göz, northwestern of Antalya, Turkey (37°06'N, 30°35'E). No types known.
• Cyprinodon mento (Heckel, 1843)
• Lebias cypris Heckel, 1843
  • Aphanius cypris (Heckel, 1843)
  • Cyprinodon cypris (Heckel, 1843)
• Aphanius cypris guentheri Özarslan, 1958
  • Aphanius guentheri Özarslan, 1958
• Aphanius mento striptus Goren, 1974
  • Aphanius striptus Goren, 1974

References

Primary references

• Heckel, J.J. 1843. Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: Russegger, J. von: Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1(2): 990–1099. Reference page.  [See page 1089, Tafel VI. Fig. 4.]
• Akşiray, F. 1948. Türkiye Cyprinodontid'leri hakkında I. Revue de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université d'Instanbul, Série B: Sciences Naturelles v. 13 (no. 2): 97–138, Pls. 1–4. (German)

Links

• Lebias mento in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 11, 2014.
• Aphanius mento – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) (Least Concern)