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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) > Cyprinodontinae

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate, preferred ?

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Asia: Sakarya River basin in Turkey.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111350); max. published weight: 6.43 g (Ref. 111350)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Presence of a small dark ocellus at the rear part of the dorsal fin, even visible in subadults; dark cross bars 13-19; absence of cross bars on caudal fin; a narrow black margin on the dorsal fin; females almost without spots on the sides; 75 diagnostic molecular synapomorphic characters in the mitochondrial gene regions investigated (Ref. 52509). Remarks: Scales on mid-longitudinal series 25-28 + 2-3 on caudal fin base (Ref. 52509).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborators

Hrbek, T. and R.H. Wildekamp, 2003. Aphanius villwocki, a new species from the Sakarya River basin of central Anatolian plain, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 14(2):137-144. (Ref. 52509)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Aphanius villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003