Esmaeilius sophiae

Esmaeilius sophiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aphaniidae
Genus: Esmaeilius
Species:
E. sophiae
Binomial name
Esmaeilius sophiae
(Heckel, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aphanius arakensis Teimori, Esmaeili, Gholami, Zarei & Reichenbacher, 2012
  • Aphanius kavirensis Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014
  • Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009
  • Aphanius pluristriatus (Jenkins, 1910)
  • Aphanius sophiae (Heckel, 1847)
  • Cyprinodon pluristriatus Jenkins, 1910
  • Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847

Esmaeilius sophiae, the Soffia toothcarp, is a species of killifish belonging to the family Aphaniidae. It is native to Iran and Iraq which includes the Kor River basin of the Fars Province in Iran, Namak lake and Tigris River basin. 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]

  1. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2023). "Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.