Aphanius
Aphanius is a genus of pupfishes. Unlike other members of the family which are from the Americas, Aphanius species are native to northern Africa, southwestern Asia and southern Europe. Several species in the genus have very small distributions and are seriously threatened.Fossil record
Fossils of Aphanius are found in strata of the Pleistocene of Italy.
Species
The 39 recognized species in this genus are:
- Aphanius almiriensis Kottelat, Barbieri & Stoumboudi, 2007
- Aphanius anatoliae Leidenfrost, 1912
- Aphanius apodus Gervais, 1853
- Aphanius arakensis Teimori, Esmaeili, Gholami, Zarei & Reichenbacher, 2012
- Aphanius asquamatus Sözer, 1942
- Aphanius baeticus Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002
- †Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839
- Aphanius danfordii Boulenger, 1890
- Aphanius darabensis Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014
- Aphanius desioi Gianferrari, 1933
- Aphanius dispar Rüppell, 1829
- * A. d. dispar Rüppell, 1829
- * A. d. richardsoni Boulenger, 1907
- Aphanius farsicus Teimori, Esmaeili & Reichenbacher, 2011
- Aphanius fasciatus Valenciennes, 1821
- Aphanius fontinalis Akşiray, 1948
- Aphanius furcatus Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014
- Aphanius ginaonis Holly, 1929
- Aphanius iberus Valenciennes, 1846
- Aphanius iconii Akşiray, 1948
- Aphanius isfahanensis Hrbek, Keivany & Coad, 2006
- Aphanius kavirensis Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014
- Aphanius maeandricus Akşiray, 1948
- Aphanius marassantensis Pfleiderer, Geiger & Herder, 2014
- Aphanius mento Heckel, 1843
- Aphanius meridionalis Akşiray, 1948
- Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009
- Aphanius pluristriatus J. T. Jenkins, 1910
- Aphanius punctatus Heckel, 1847
- Aphanius saldae Akşiray, 1955
- Aphanius saourensis Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006
- Aphanius shirini Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014
- Aphanius sirhani Villwock, Scholl & Krupp, 1983
- Aphanius sophiae Heckel, 1847
- †Aphanius splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
- Aphanius stiassnyae Getahun & Lazara, 2001
- Aphanius sureyanus W. Neu, 1937
- Aphanius transgrediens Ermin, 1946
- Aphanius villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003
- Aphanius vladykovi Coad, 1988
