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Species of fish

Iridescent toothcarp
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aphaniidae
Genus: Paraphanius
Species: P. mento
Binomial name
Paraphanius mento
(Heckel, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Aphanius cypris (Heckel, 1843)
  • Aphanius cypris guentheri Özarslan, 1958
  • Aphanius guentheri Özarslan, 1958
  • Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)
  • Cyprinodon cypris (Heckel, 1843)
  • Cyprinodon mento (Heckel, 1843)
  • Lebias cypris Heckel, 1843
  • Lebias mento Heckel, 1843

The iridescent toothcarp or pearl-spotted killifish(Paraphanius mento) is a species of killifish in the family Aphaniidae. It can be found in Western Asia (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey). It occurs in a wide range of freshwater habitats (springs, streams, lakes and rivers). It grows to 5 cm (2.0 in) total length. This species was described in 1843 as Lebias mento by Johann Jakob Heckel with the type locality given as Mosul in Iraq. The acanthocephalan parasite Triaspiron aphanii was found to infest 90% of a sample of Iridescent toothcarp.

References

  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Aphanius mento". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19513556A19849142. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19513556A19849142.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Bailly, Nicolas (2023). "Paraphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraphanius mento". FishBase. April 2024 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lebias mento". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. Smales, L. R.; Aydogdu, A.; Emre, Y. (2012). "Pomphorhynchidae and quadrigyridae (Acanthocephala), including a new genus and species (Pallisentinae), from freshwater fishes, Cobitidae and Cyprinodontidae, in Turkey". Folia Parasitologica. 59 (3): 162–166. doi:10.14411/fp.2012.022. PMID 23136795.
Taxon identifiers
Paraphanius mento
Aphanius mento
Lebias mento
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