Aphanius

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Teimori, Azad, Gholami, Zeinab & Reichenbacher, Bettina, 2014, Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species, Zootaxa 3786 (3), pp. 246-268 : 264-265

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8EE76E81-D084-45D4-9EEB-AAECBB0175F1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5614445

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038087E7-FFD7-FFEB-FCF1-FA29FA0D5F41

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Aphanius
status

 

Key to the species of Aphanius View in CoL View at ENA in Iran

1a. Male bluish, black or dusty grey with silvery sports on body, spots might be organized in vertical series........... A. mento View in CoL

1b. Male with distinct bold black or dark brown lateral bars on body between head and caudal fin base or on posterior body only.....................................................................................................2

2a. Male with 2–3 dark grey or black bars in caudal fin........................................................... 3

2b. Male without bars in caudal fin........................................................................... 5

3a. Scales absent on body; caudal fin slightly emarginate................................................. A. furcatus View in CoL

3b. Body fully covered by scales; caudal fin truncate or round..................................................... 4

4a. 8–11 dorsal fin rays.............................................................................. A. dispar View in CoL

4b. 5–7 dorsal fin rays............................................................................. A. ginaonis View in CoL

5a. 33–43 scales along lateral series; no bold black spot at the middle of the caudal fin base in females............ A.vladykovi View in CoL

5b. 23–32 scales along lateral series; a bold black spot at the middle of the caudal fin base in females..................... 6

6a. Margin on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins black in males........................................... A. isfahanensis View in CoL

6b. Margin on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins white in males...................................................... 7

7a. Males with usually 7–10 wide white flank bars....................................................... A.shirini View in CoL

7b. Males with usually 10–19 narrow white flank bars...........................................................8

8a. Males with 12–19 flank bars (usually 15–16) (Namak Basin).......................................... A. arakensis View in CoL

8b. Males with 9–18 flank bars.............................................................................9

9a. Females usually with short brown bars on flank...................................................... A. farsicus View in CoL

9b. Females with brown or black spots and blotches on flank..................................................... 10

10a. Females with relatively large irregularly shaped dark blotches on the flank.......................... A. kavirensis View in CoL n. sp.

10b. Females with relatively small and large irregular dark blotches on the flank....................................... 11

11a. Endemic to southern Mesopotamian basin.................................................... A. mesopotamicus View in CoL

11b. Not endemic to southern Mesopotamian basin.............................................................. 12

12a. Mean scale width % SL>4.5............................................................. A. darabensis View in CoL n. sp.

12b. Mean scale width % SL <4.5........................................................................... 13

13a. Scale length % SL 2.6–3.8 with mean value of 3.1................................................... A. sophiae View in CoL

13b. Scale length % SL 3.4–4.5 with mean value of c. 4.0............................................... A. pluristriatus View in CoL

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