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 (as far east as India) and southern Europe. Several species in the genus have very small distributions and are seriously threatened.

Aphanius
Temporal range:
Aphanius fasciatus
Aphanius mesopotamicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Aphanius
Nardo, 1827
Type species
Aphanius nanus
Nardo, 1827
Synonyms

Lebias Goldfuss, 1820 (invalid name)
Tellia Gervais, 1853
Micromugil Gulia, 1861
Kosswigichthys Sözer, 1942
Anatolichthys Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Turkichthys Ermin, 1946
Aphaniops Hoedeman, 1951

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