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Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Heckel, J. J. 1843. Ichthyologie. In: Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. (<Unspecified Agent>, ed.), : 990-1099.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Cyprinodontidae
genus
Aphanius
species
Aphanius mento

Name

Synonyms
Aphanius alexandri Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius boulengeri Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius cypris (Heckel, 1843)
Aphanius cypris alexandri Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius cypris boulengeri Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius cypris guentheri Özarslan, 1958
Aphanius cypris orontis Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius guentheri Özarslan, 1958
Aphanius mento striptus Goren, 1974
Aphanius mentoides Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius orontis Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius similis Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius sophiae mentoides Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius sophiae similis Akşiray, 1948
Aphanius striptus Goren, 1974
Cyprinodon cypris (Heckel, 1843)
Cyprinodon mento (Heckel, 1843)
Lebias cypris Heckel, 1843
Lebias mento Heckel, 1843
Homonyms
Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)
Common names
Orientkärpfling in German
Iridescent Killifish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
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