Author: Valenciennes, 1846

Aphanius iberus Valenciennes, 1846

Diagnosis: D 9 10 (11), A 9-10. Scales in longitudinal series (23) 25-28. Colour: male bluish, with 10-15 dark bands alternating with silvery lines; caudal fin with 2-5 dark bands; female with 3-4 series of lateral spots, caudal fin with 1-2 bands, often indistinct. Size: 5 cm (males smaller).

Habitat: lagoons, freshwater canals and pools with abundant vegetation. Food: mainly small invertebrates. Reproduction: April-August.

Distribution: southern and eastern Spain; western Algeria.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. De Buen, 1930c: 512, fig. 70-71.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Cyprinodontiformes
Family Cyprinodontidae
Genus Aphanius
Species Aphanius iberus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Aphanius iberus (Valenciennes, 1846)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Aphanius iberus Valenciennes, 1846

Synonyms:

Cyprinodon iberus Valenciennes, 1846, in Cuv. Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 18: 160,
pl. 578 (Spain). Eight syntypes: MNHN no. 185. Coll. Tellieux, 1843.
Lebias ibericus Steindachner, 1865a, Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 52 (1): 483, fig. 1-3 (Spain).
Lebios iberus: Garman, 1895, Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 19 (1): 31 (Barcelona).
Cyprinodon iberus: Boulenger, 1915: 21, fig. 13 Pellegrin, 1921: 162, fig. 74-75.
Aphanius iberus: Lozano Rey, 1947, Mem. R. Acad. Ciencias Madrid, 11: 354, fig. 109 (Spain).


Common name:

fartetv [Es]
peixet de sequiol [Es]

Buen, F. de 1930c. Notas sobre la fauna ictiologica de nuestras aguas dulces. Boln Oceanogr. Pesc., Madrid, (169): 450-512, 71 fig.

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. 1828-1849. Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Paris-Strasbourg, 22 vol., 11030 p., 621 pl. (numb. 1-650).1,1828: xvi+573 p., pl. I-VIII [author: Cuvier]; 2, 1828: xxi+490 p., pl. 9-40 [Cuv.:1-238, 249-262, 387-490; Val. : 238-249, 262-386]; 3 April 1829: xxiii+500p., pl. 41-71 [Cuvier]; 4,1829: xxvi+518 p., pl. 72-99 [Cuvier]; S, 1830: xxviii+499 p., pl. 100-140 [Cuvier]; 6, 1830: xxiv+559 p., pl. 141-169 [Val. :1-425, 493-559; Cuv.: 426-491]; 7, 1831: xxix+531 p., pl. 170-208 [Cuv. :1-440; Val.: 441-531]; 8, 1832: xix+509 p., pl. 209-245 [Cuv. :1-470; Val.: 471-509]; 9, 1833: xxix+ 512 p., pl. 246-279 [Cuv. :1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Val. :199-329, 359-371, 429-512];10,1835: xxiv+482 p., pl. 280-306 [Val.]; 11, 1836: xx+506 p., pl. 307343 [Val.]; 12, 1837: xxix+507 p., pl. 344-368 [Val.]; 13, 1839: xix+505 p., pl. 369-388 [Val.]; 14,1840: xxii+464 p., pl. 389-420 [Val.]; 15,1840: xxi+540 p., pl. 421-455 [Val.]; 16,1842: xx+472 p., pl. 456-487 [Val.]; 17,1844: xxiii+497 p., pl. 487-519 [Val.]; 18,1846: xix+505 p., pl. 520-553 [Val.]; 19,1847: xix+544 p., pl. 554590 [Val.]; 20,1847: xviii+472 p., pl. 591-606 [Val.]; 21,1848: xiv+536 p., pl. 607-633 [Val.]; 22,1849: xx+532 p., pl. 634650 [Val.].

Garman, S. 1895. The Cyprinodonts. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool Harv., 19 (1): 179 p., 11 pl.

Lozano y Rey, L. 1947. Peces Ganoideos y Fisostomos, Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cienc. Nat., 11: xv+839 p., 190 fig., 20 pl.

Pellegrin, J. 1921a. Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique du Nord francaise, Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, Sahara. Mem. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc, 1(2): 1-216, 95 fig.

Steindachner, F..1865a. Zur Fischfauna des Albufera-Sees bei Valencia im Spanien. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 52(1): 483-491, 1 pl.

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