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

Aphanius Nardo, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Aphaniops Hoedeman, 1951 synonym
Lebias Goldfuss, 1820 synonym

Children

Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829)
Aphanius baeticus Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002
Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)

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).

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aphanius Nardo, 1827. 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:125725

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Aphanius Nardo, 1827. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5458c70f-ceb5-4b59-b09f-6eb677685719

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125725
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:304809

Last modified

2014-11-21 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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