Tropidophoxinellus

Genus of fishes

Tropidophoxinellus
Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Tropidophoxinellus
Stephanidis, 1974
Type species
Rutilus spartiaticus
Species

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Tropidophoxinellus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Greece. There are currently two described species.[1]

A DNA-based phylogenetic biogeographical report carried out in 2010 recommended that Pseudophoxinus callensis and P. chaignoni from North Africa be added.[2] However, this report was not universally accepted.

Species

  • Tropidophoxinellus hellenicus (Stephanidis, 1971)
  • Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus (Schmidt-Ries, 1943)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tropidophoxinellus". FishBase. December 2017 version.
  2. ^ Perea S.; Böhme M.; Zupančič P.; Freyhof J.; Šanda R.; Özuluğ M.; Abdoli A.; Doadrio I. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical patterns in circum-Mediterranean subfamily Leuciscinae (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) inferred from both mitochondrial and nuclear data". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (265): 1–27. Bibcode:2010BMCEE..10..265P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-265. PMC 2940817. PMID 20807419.
Taxon identifiers
Tropidophoxinellus
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