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Paraphanius mento

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 2. School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 3. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
  • 4. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 6. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany

Description

Paraphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) [N]—Pearl-spotted killifish

Taxonomy. Original description: Lebias mento Heckel, 1843: 1089 [99] [Mossul, northern Iraq (36°18’N, 43°18’E); Possible syntypes: NMW 21699-704 (6), 59832 (21)].— Iraq synonyms: Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843).— Revisions: Esmaeili et al. (2020).—Illustration: Heckel (1843: pl. 6 (fig. 4)).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Heckel (1843).—Iraq materials: NMW.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris River basin (southern Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species inhabits a wide range of springs, streams, lakes, and rivers. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Has potential to be used as aquarium fish.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are many threats in the area, but none seems to be strong enough to threaten this species.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—High priority for conservation action.

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 5357 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10012543

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D65887E4FFB5FF9B98C8D7DFFAD9FC40

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10012543 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/2A61FF9CFFABFF85985FD605FFCEFFC0 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D65887E4FFB5FF9B98C8D7DFFAD9FC40 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/214038950 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/273375/taxon/D65887E4FFB5FF9B98C8D7DFFAD9FC40.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Heckel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Aphaniidae
Genus
Paraphanius
Species
mento
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paraphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) sec. Çiçek, Jawad, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Mouludi-Saleh, Sungur & Fricke, 2023

References

  • Heckel, J. J. (1843) Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung. Stuttgart. Ichthyologie [von Syrien], 1 (pt 2), 991 - 1099.
  • Esmaeili, H. R., Teimori, A., Zarei, F. & Sayyadzadeh, G. (2020) DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). PLoS ONE, 15 (4), e 0231717, 1 - 26. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0231717