Anatolichthys

Anatolichthys is a genus of toothcarps, which are native to Asia Minor. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be threatened.

Anatolichthys
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aphaniidae
Genus: Anatolichthys
Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Type species
Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Synonyms

Turkichthys Ermin, 1946

Etymology

The generic name is derived from Anatolia, a name for the Asian part of Turkey and ichthys "fish".[1]

Species

There are thirteen valid species:[2]

  • Anatolichthys anatoliae Leidenfrost, 1912 (Lake Tuz toothcarp)
  • Anatolichthys danfordii Boulenger, 1890 (Sultan Sazlığı toothcarp)
  • Anatolichthys fontinalis Akşiray, 1948 [3]
  • Anatolichthys iconii Akşiray, 1948 [3]
  • Anatolichthys irregularis (Yoğurtçuoğlu & Freyhof, 2018) [3]
  • Anatolichthys maeandricus Akşiray, 1948 [3]
  • Anatolichthys marassantensis Pfleiderer, Geiger & Herder, 2014 (Kızılırmak toothcarp) [3]
  • Anatolichthys meridionalis Akşiray, 1948 [3]
  • Anatolichthys saldae Akşiray, 1955 [3]
  • Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 (Gölçük toothcarp)
  • Anatolichthys sureyanus W. Neu, 1937 (Burdur toothcarp)
  • Anatolichthys transgrediens Ermin, 1946 (Acıgöl toothcarp)
  • Anatolichthys villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003 (Sakarya toothcarp)


References

  1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Anatolichthys in FishBase. June 2024 version.
  3. Pfleiderer, S. Johannes; Geiger, Matthias F.; Herder, Fabian (2014). "Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)". Zootaxa. 3887 (5): 569–582. doi:10.11646/Zootaxa.3887.5.4. PMID 25543950.

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