FB-26498 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26498 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Nemacheilidae Oxynoemacheilus Oxynoemacheilus tigris (Heckel, 1843) Kopur Rndandar Irani Orientkärpfling Pearl-spotted killifish Helmikillinen Navit metzuia Orientkilli Dişli sazancık balığı آفانيوس 長頦祕鮰 长颏秘鮰 Aphanius cypris (Heckel, 1843) Aphanius cypris guentheri Özarslan, 1958 Aphanius cypris sophiae (non Heckel, 1847) Aphanius guentheri Özarslan, 1958 Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) Cyprinodon cypris (Heckel, 1843) Cyprinodon mento (Heckel, 1843) Lebias cypris Heckel, 1843 Lebias mento Heckel, 1843 1997-03-24 2022-04-07 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 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(Ref. 131431) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1997-03-24 00:00:00 2022-06-29 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Found in shallow water among vegetation, where it feeds on insect larvae, crustaceans, and algae. Breeds during the warmer months of the year. (Ref. 13609). 8 cm max TL (Ref. 11028). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139). Esmaeili, H.R., A. Teimori, F. Zarei and G. Sayyadzadeh 2020 DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). PLoS One 15(4):e0231717 (Ref. 125310) FB-DiagnosticDescr-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-06-29 00:00:00 2022-06-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats This species is distinguished by the following: scales along the body 23-28; D 9-14: A 9-13; pectoral fins 12-16; pelvic fin rays 4-6; total gill rakers 11-15; jaw teeth display a long middle cusp and short lateral cusps; otoliths triangular in shape, have a prominent rostrum, and a straight sulcus; vertebrae 25-26, in the vertebral column with 5 preural vertebrae (PU1–5) with long haemal and neural spines, the presence of a small plate in front of the spines of PU5, flank scales are squarish to a vertical oval in general shape; no pelvic axillary scale; gut is s-shaped (Ref. 125310). Esmaeili, H.R., A. Teimori, F. Zarei and G. Sayyadzadeh 2020 DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). PLoS One 15(4):e0231717 (Ref. 125310) FB-Morphology-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-06-29 00:00:00 2022-06-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 14; Analsoft rays: 9 - 13; Vertebrae: 25 - 26 Esmaeili, H.R., A. Teimori, F. Zarei and G. Sayyadzadeh 2020 DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). PLoS One 15(4):e0231717 (Ref. 125310) FB-Distribution-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1997-03-24 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Asia: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. Krupp, F. and W. Schneider 1989 The fishes of the Jordan River drainage basin and Azraq Oasis. p. 347-416. In Fauna of Saudi Arabia. vol. 10. (Ref. 13609) FB-Uses-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1997-03-24 00:00:00 2022-06-29 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139) FB-TrophicStrategy-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-01-23 00:00:00 2001-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public mento http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Found in shallow water among vegetation, where it feeds on insect larvae, crustaceans, and algae. Krupp, F. and W. Schneider 1989 The fishes of the Jordan River drainage basin and Azraq Oasis. p. 347-416. In Fauna of Saudi Arabia. vol. 10. (Ref. 13609) FB-Size-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1997-03-24 00:00:00 2022-06-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 5.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139)) Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-26500 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1997-03-24 00:00:00 2022-06-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26500 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater