Mediterranean killifish

Mediterranean killifish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Aphanius
Species:	A. fasciatus
Binomial name
	Aphanius fasciatus; (Valenciennes, 1821)
Synonyms
	Cyprinodon fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821); Lebias fasciatus Valenciennes, 1821; Ciprinoides nanofasciatus Nardo, 1824; Aphanius nanus Nardo, 1827; Aphanius fasciatus Nardo, 1827; Lebias lineatopunctata Wagner, 1828; Aphanius lineatopunctatus (Wagner, 1828); Lebias sarda Wagner, 1828; Aphanius sarda (Wagner, 1828); Poecilia calaritana Cuvier, 1829; Aphanius calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829); Cyprinodon calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829); Lebias calaritana (Cuvier, 1829); Lebias calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829); Lebias flava Costa, 1838; Aphanius flavus (Costa, 1838); Lebias nigropunctata Schinz, 1840; Lebias nigropunctata Bonaparte, 1841; Aphanius nigropunctata (Bonaparte, 1841); Cyprinodon moseas Valenciennes, 1846; Aphanius moseasv (Valenciennes, 1846); Cyprinodon hammonis Valenciennes, 1846; Aphanius hammonis (Valenciennes, 1846); Cyprinodon cyanogaster Guichenot, 1859; Aphanius cyanogaster (Guichenot, 1859); Cyprinodon doliatus Guichenot, 1859; Aphanius doliatus (Guichenot, 1859); Micromugil timidus Gulia, 1861; Aphanius timidus (Gulia, 1861); Micromugil macrogaster Gulia, 1861; Aphanius desioi (Gianferrari, 1933);

The Mediterranean killifish, Mediterranean banded killifish or South European toothcarp (Aphanius fasciatus) is a species of fish in the family Aphaniidae. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are saline lakes, saline marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.^[3]

^ Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Aphanius fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T1847A8316811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T1847A8316811.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aphanius fasciatus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
^ Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp.

Mediterranean killifish


Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Aphanius
Species:	A. fasciatus
Binomial name
*Aphanius fasciatus* (Valenciennes, 1821)
Synonyms^[2]
Cyprinodon fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821) Lebias fasciatus Valenciennes, 1821 Ciprinoides nanofasciatus Nardo, 1824 Aphanius nanus Nardo, 1827 Aphanius fasciatus Nardo, 1827 Lebias lineatopunctata Wagner, 1828 Aphanius lineatopunctatus (Wagner, 1828) Lebias sarda Wagner, 1828 Aphanius sarda (Wagner, 1828) Poecilia calaritana Cuvier, 1829 Aphanius calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829) Cyprinodon calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829) Lebias calaritana (Cuvier, 1829) Lebias calaritanus (Cuvier, 1829) Lebias flava Costa, 1838 Aphanius flavus (Costa, 1838) Lebias nigropunctata Schinz, 1840 Lebias nigropunctata Bonaparte, 1841 Aphanius nigropunctata (Bonaparte, 1841) Cyprinodon moseas Valenciennes, 1846 Aphanius moseasv (Valenciennes, 1846) Cyprinodon hammonis Valenciennes, 1846 Aphanius hammonis (Valenciennes, 1846) Cyprinodon cyanogaster Guichenot, 1859 Aphanius cyanogaster (Guichenot, 1859) Cyprinodon doliatus Guichenot, 1859 Aphanius doliatus (Guichenot, 1859) Micromugil timidus Gulia, 1861 Aphanius timidus (Gulia, 1861) Micromugil macrogaster Gulia, 1861 Aphanius desioi (Gianferrari, 1933)