Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cyprinodontiformes > Family Cyprinodontidae > Subfamily Cyprinodontinae > Genus Aphanius

Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aphanius*	Nardo, 1827	accepted genus name
*Aphaniops*	Hoedeman, 1951	synonym
*Lebias*	Goldfuss, 1820	synonym

Species group names

*Lebias fasciatus*	Valenciennes, 1821	objective synonym
*Lebias fasciata*	Valenciennes, 1821	orthographic variant
*Aphanius fasciatus*	Nardo, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Sydeuropæisk tandkarpe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Mediterranean toothcarp; South European toothcarp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: aphanius de Corse; cyprinodonte d'Europe du Sud sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Mittelmeerkärpfling; Zebrakärpfling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ζαχαριάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: נאוית הפסים sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: nono sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: dryžoji afanija; dryžuotoji afanija sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: полосатый афаниус sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: solinarka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: fartet sudeuropeo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: dislisazancik baligi; sivrisinek baligi

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Aphanius fasciatus, by Valdesalici, S.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126428

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/09573a0a-325e-456e-b937-86bce2be3608