Squalius pyrenaicus

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei
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: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Squalius
Species: Squalius pyrenaicus

Name

Squalius pyrenaicus (Günther, 1868)

Syntypes: (at least 8) BMNH 1863.6.19.23 (1) and 1863.6.19.3 (2 spec. donated by MNCN, Madrid), 9.19.24 (1), 9.19.33-34 (2), 6.19.19-22 (3?).

Type locality: Mondego and Cintra [Sintra] rivers, Portugal.

Etymology: –icus, belonging to: the Pyrenees, mountain range separating Iberian Peninsula from rest of continental Europe, presumably referring to distribution in Portugal. (from The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Leuciscus pyrenaicus Günther, 1868

Vernacular names

English: Iberian Chub
español: Bordallo, Cacho, Cachuelo
português: Escalo-do-Sul

References

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae, Chirocentridae, Alepocephalidae, Notopteridae, Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 7. British Museum, printed by Order of the Trustees: London. i–xx + 1–512 pp. BHL Reference page.
Perea, S., Cobo-Simon, M. & Doadrio, I. 2016. Cenozoic tectonic and climatic events in southern Iberian Peninsula: implications for the evolutionary history of freshwater fish of the genus Squalius (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97: 155–169. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.007 Reference page.

Links

Squalius pyrenaicus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Squalius pyrenaicus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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