Esmaeilius
| Esmaeilius | |
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| Esmaeilius sophiae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Esmaeilius Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020 |
| Type species | |
| Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847 | |
Esmaeilius is a genus of toothcarps in the family Aphaniidae. They are native to Iran and one species extending to Iraq. Most species in the genus have very small distributions and all are seriously threatened.
Etymology
[edit]The generic name pertains to Hamid Reza Esmaeili, for his contribution to the understanding of diversity within the family Aphaniidae.[1][2]
Species
[edit]There are six valid species:[3]
- Esmaeilius darabensis (Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014)[4] (Kol tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius isfahanensis (Hrbek, Keivany & Coad, 2006)
- Esmaeilius persicus (J. T. Jenkins, 1910) (Farsi tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius shirini (Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014)[5] (Shirin tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847) (Soffia tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius vladykovi (Coad, 1988) (Veladykov's tooth-carp)
References
[edit]- ^ Jörg Freyhof; Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu (July 2020). "A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". Zootaxa. 4810 (3): 421–451. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.2.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Esmaeilius". FishBase. April 2024 version.
- ^ Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Gholami, Z. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species. Zootaxa, 3786 (3): 246–268.
- ^ Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, South-western Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 52 (2): 130–141.