Aphanius mesopotamicus

♀Aphanius mesopotamicus

♂Aphanius mesopotamicus

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 mesopotamicus

Name

Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009

• Holotype: CMNFI 1979-0360A.
• Paratypes (37): at BMNH, CMNFI and ZISP.

Type locality: Khuzestan, canal branch of Karkheh River, 31°40'N, 48°35'E [1], Iran.

References

• Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S. et al. 2014: Taxonomic validity and phylogenetic relationships of a newly-described tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Zootaxa 3780(3): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.11 Reference page. 
• Coad, B.W. 2009: A new species of tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus, from Iran and Iraq (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae). In: Neubert, E.; Amr, Z.; Taiti, S.; Gümüs, B. (eds) Animal biodiversity in the Middle East. Proceedings of the first Middle Eastern Biodiversity Congress, Aqaba, Jordan, 20–23 October 2008. ZooKeys, 31: 149–163. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.31.131
• 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.