Aphanius furcatus Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck and Reichenbacher, 2014

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Aphanius furcatus Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck and Reichenbacher, 2014 – Endemic ( Fig. 477 )

Aphanius furcatus Teimori [A.], Esmaeili [H. R.], Erpenbeck [D.] & Reichenbacher [B.] 2014: 329; Type locality: Shur River, along road Bandar Abbas-Minab, 20 km east of Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Province, Iran, 27°19'37.6"N, 56°28'10.2"E, altitude 2 m. Holotype: ZM-CBSU 225. Paratypes: ZM-CBSU (14).

Common name: Pr: Gormahi bedone polak, En: Scaleless tooth-carp.

Diagnosis: Complete absence of scales, slightly forked caudal fin, males with dark pigmentation at the base of the four anterior dorsal rays and single row of tricuspid teeth with the two lateral cusps shorter than the middle one.

Meristic characters: D: 9–12, A: 9–11, P: 12–15, V: 5–6, LS: 23–29, GR: 12–16, FB: 7–11.

Distribution: Hormuz and Makran basins ( Fig. 478). Found in Shur, Kol, Mehran and Khurgu Rivers as well as Faryab hot sulphuric springs in the Hormuzgan.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Near Threatened B2b(i,ii,iii). The overall population size is unknown, but the species is usually abundant in areas where it occurs. Many populations occur in small temporary ponds where they are safeguarded against the majority of anthropogenic impacts, but some of these refugial or sanctuary areas remain vulnerable due to the general severe drought in the region and the water extraction for agricultural use. The species is also vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in the future. It has an EOO of 20,000 km 2 and an AOO of 2,000 km 2. The species does not currently meet the qualifying thresholds for any threat category, however, it is experiencing decline in quality of habitat and it has a restricted range, and so we classified it as Near Threatened B2b(i,ii,iii).

Figures

Fig. 477. Aphanius furcatus (above: male, below: female). Photograph from Shur River, Makran basin (Photographed by A. Teimori).