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Aphaniops Kruppi
''Aphaniops'' is a genus of killifishes in the family Aphaniidae, which are native to Western Asia (including Asia Minor and Iran), Northeast Africa and east to southwest India. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be Threatened species, threatened. Etymology The generic name is derived from ''Aphanius'', and ''wikt:-opsis, -opsis'' meaning "appearance". It is a sister genus to ''Aphanius'' and ''Paraphanius''. Species There are nine valid species: * ''Aphaniops dispar'' Eduard Rüppell, Rüppell, 1829 (Arabian toothcarp) * ''Aphaniops furcatus'' Azad Teimori, Teimori, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Esmaeili, Dirk Erpenbeck, Erpenbeck & Bettina Reichenbacher, Reichenbacher, 2014Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): A new and unique species of the genus ''Aphanius'' Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) from Southern Iran: A case of regressive evolution. ''Zoologischer Anzeiger – A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 253 (4): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
