Esmaeilius sophiae, the Soffia toothcarp, is a harmless species of freshwater killifish belonging to the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to the Kor River basin of the Fars Province in Iran. They are one of the subclades of the Inland and Inland-related Aphanius Species (IIRAS) and they are part of the richest of the 3 subclades.[2] They can be found in freshwater but also occur in saline water.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Esmaeilius |
| Species: | E. sophiae
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| Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847)
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Distribution and habitat edit
The Soffia killifish is mainly herbivorous, nonmigratory, and lives near the bottom of mostly fresh bodies of water, such as rivers and springs.[4][5][6] It can be found in Iran, has also been reported in the Tigris River basin of Iraq.[7] A possible specimen was also collected in from Syria in 1977, though it is mainly only considered to me a native of Iran and Iraq. This species is also influenced by its environment in that stressors such as variations in temperature, salinity, and flooding fluctuate, which has an effect on the age, growth, and reproductive characteristics of individuals in this species.[6][8][9]
References edit
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2023). "Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Gholami, Zeinab; Esmaeili, Hamid Reza; Reichenbacher, Bettina (1 March 2015). "New data on the zoogeography of Aphanius sophiae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in the Central Zagros (Southwest Iran)". Limnologica. 51: 70–82. doi:10.1016/j.limno.2014.12.002. ISSN 0075-9511.
- ^ Poorbagher, Hadi; Moghaddam, Maryam Nasrollahpour; Eagderi, Soheil; Farahmand, Hamid (1 July 2016). "Estimating the DNA strand breakage using a fuzzy inference system and agarose gel electrophoresis, a case study with toothed carp Aphanius sophiae exposed to cypermethrin". Ecotoxicology. 25 (5): 1040–1046. doi:10.1007/s10646-016-1647-5. ISSN 1573-3017. PMID 27000282. S2CID 27082551.
- ^ Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl, 1997. Aquarien Atlas, Band 5. Mergus Verlag, Melle, Germany. 1148 p.
- ^ Al-Daham, N.K., M.F. Huq and K.P. Sharma, 1977. Notes on the ecology of fishes of the genus Aphanius and Gambusia affinis in Southern Iraq. Freshwat. Biol. 7(3):245-251.
- ^ a b Kamal, S.; Bakhtiyari, M.; Abdoli, A.; Eagderi, S.; Karami, M. (2009). "Life-history variations of killifish (Aphanius sophiae) populations in two environmentally different habitats in central Iran". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25 (4): 474–478. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01242.x. ISSN 1439-0426.
- ^ Coad, B.W., 1995. Freshwater fishes of Iran. Acta Sci. Nat. Acad. Sci. Brno. 29(1):1-64.
- ^ Gholami, Zeinab; Youssefi, Mohammad Reza; Marhaba, Zahra; Alizadeh, Abbas; Rahimi, Mohammad Taghi (2016-09-01). "Aphanius sophiae (Actinoptrygii, Cyprinodontidae), a new host for Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ciliophora) reported from Iran". Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 40 (3): 1030–1032. doi:10.1007/s12639-014-0628-y. ISSN 0971-7196. PMC 4996241. PMID 27605832.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Esmaeilius sophiae" in FishBase. April 2024 version.
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