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分類 / 名稱 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) 鱂形目 (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Valenciidae (Toothcarps) 強鮰科 (Toothcarps)
Etymology: Valencia:After Valenciennes, the ichthyologist?. Eponymy: Aristide Horace Letourneux (1820–1890) was a botanist and entomologist in Algiers. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page. More on author: Sauvage.
Europe: Albania and western Greece, from Lake Butrint to Alfios drainages, and Corfu and Lefkas islands where it has been extirpated. 歐洲: 在西北部的希臘包括 Corfu。 阿爾巴尼亞。
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
成熟度: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 27139); 最大年齡: 3.00 年 (Ref. 59043)
臀鰭軟條: 11. Can be diagnosed from other species of Valenciidae, Fundulidae and Cyprinodontidae in Europe by the following characters: males bluish to greyish, possessing 1-14 darker bars narrower than or as wide as interspaces, not always distinct anteriorly, with iridescent spots; males with caudal fin hyaline to bluish, with or without dark posterior margin, and spots organized into 2-4 vertical rows; dorsal and anal fins of adult male not reaching caudal fin; 28-30 scales in midlateral series on body; anal fin usually with 11 rays; pectoral fin with 12-14 rays (Ref. 59043).
A short-lived species. Adults inhabit swamps, lowland water courses with little current, lagoons, springs and associated wetlands (Ref. 26100). Can tolerate salinity of up to 4 ppt in the wild and 46 ppt under laboratory conditions, but prefer freshwater. They feed mainly on insects, especially chironomids (Ref. 59043). Threatened due to the introduction of other species and water abstraction (Ref. 26100). Not a seasonal killifish. Difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Eggs are scattered among fine-feathered water plants. Young hatch after 16-20 days (Ref. 2060). Eggs of about 2-mm in diameter are laid probably in batches (Ref. 59043).歐洲: 在西北部的希臘包括 Corfu。 阿爾巴尼亞。
