Esmaeilius is a genus of toothcarps in the family Aphaniidae, which are native to Iranian Plateau. Most species in the genus have very small distributions and all are seriously threatened.
| Esmaeilius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Esmaeilius Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020 |
| Type species | |
| Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847 | |
Etymology
editThe generic name pertains to Hamid Reza Esmaeili, for his contribution to the understanding of diversity within the family Aphaniidae.[1][2]
Species
editThere are six valid species:[3]
- Esmaeilius darabensis (Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014)[4] (Kol tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius isfahanensis (Hrbek, Keivany & Coad, 2006)
- Esmaeilius persicus (J. T. Jenkins, 1910) (Farsi tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius shirini (Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014)[5] (Shirin tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847) (Soffia tooth-carp)
- Esmaeilius vladykovi (Coad, 1988) (Veladykov's tooth-carp)
References
edit- ^ Jörg Freyhof; Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu (July 2020). "A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". Zootaxa. 4810 (3): 421–451. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.2.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Esmaeilius in FishBase. April 2024 version.
- ^ Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Gholami, Z. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species. Zootaxa, 3786 (3): 246–268.
- ^ Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, South-western Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 52 (2): 130–141.