Mediterranean killifish [SEP] parent taxon
Mediterranean killifish
The Mediterranean killifish or South European toothcarp ("Aphanius fasciatus") is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are saline lakes, saline marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.
References.
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. "Aphanius fasciatus"
Tecopa pupfish
The Tecopa pupfish ("Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae") is an extinct subspecies of the Amargosa pupfish ("Cyprinodon nevadensis"). The small, heat-tolerant pupfish was endemic to the outflows of a pair of hot springs in the Mojave Desert of California. Habitat modifications and the introduction of non-native species led to its extinction in about 1970.
Taxonomy.
The Tecopa pupfish is member of the genus "Cyprinodon" of the pupfish family Cyprinodontidae, a taxon of killifish most diverse in North