''Apricaphanius'' is a

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 bino ...

killifish A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish, including families Aplocheilidae, Pantanodontidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Aphaniidae and Valenciidae. All together, there ar ...

es in the family

Aphaniidae Aphaniidae, the Oriental killifishes, are a family of the order Cyprinodontiformes. The 42 extant species of the family inhabit inland waters, rivers and lagoons. The distribution of these species extends from the entire Mediterranean region th ...

, which are native to northern Africa and southern Europe. All species in the genus have very small distributions and are seriously threatened.

Etymology

The generic name is derived from , "shining", referring to many small white spots on flanks of males, and ''

Aphanius ''Aphanius'', commonly referred to as Mediterranean killifish, is a genus of the order Cyprinodontiformes in the family Aphaniidae. They are found in fresh and brackish waters in the coastal plains of the Mediterranean region. Taxonomy and syst ...

'', the genus from which they were split in 2020.

Species

There are three valid species: * '' Apricaphanius baeticus'' (Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002) * '' Apricaphanius iberus'' (Valenciennes, 1846) (Spanish toothcarp) * '' Apricaphanius saourensis'' (Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006) (Sahara aphanius)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q122329494 Cyprinodontidae Freshwater fish genera Aphanius Taxa named by Jörg Freyhof