Aphanius
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Teimori, Azad
name: Gholami, Zeinab
name: Reichenbacher, Bettina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontidae
Aphanius

description: Key to the species of Aphanius in Iran
1a. Male bluish, black or dusty grey with silvery sports on body, spots might be organized in vertical series........... A. mento
1b. Male with distinct bold black or dark brown lateral bars on body between head and caudal fin base or on posterior body only.....................................................................................................2
2a. Male with 2–3 dark grey or black bars in caudal fin........................................................... 3
2b. Male without bars in caudal fin........................................................................... 5
3a. Scales absent on body; caudal fin slightly emarginate................................................. A. furcatus
3b. Body fully covered by scales; caudal fin truncate or round..................................................... 4
4a. 8–11 dorsal fin rays.............................................................................. A. dispar
4b. 5–7 dorsal fin rays............................................................................. A. ginaonis
5a. 33–43 scales along lateral series; no bold black spot at the middle of the caudal fin base in females............ A.vladykovi
5b. 23–32 scales along lateral series; a bold black spot at the middle of the caudal fin base in females..................... 6
6a. Margin on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins black in males........................................... A. isfahanensis
6b. Margin on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins white in males...................................................... 7
7a. Males with usually 7–10 wide white flank bars....................................................... A.shirini
7b. Males with usually 10–19 narrow white flank bars...........................................................8
8a. Males with 12–19 flank bars (usually 15–16) (Namak Basin).......................................... A. arakensis
8b. Males with 9–18 flank bars.............................................................................9
9a. Females usually with short brown bars on flank...................................................... A. farsicus
9b. Females with brown or black spots and blotches on flank..................................................... 10
10a. Females with relatively large irregularly shaped dark blotches on the flank.......................... A. kavirensis n. sp.
10b. Females with relatively small and large irregular dark blotches on the flank....................................... 11
11a. Endemic to southern Mesopotamian basin.................................................... A. mesopotamicus
11b. Not endemic to southern Mesopotamian basin.............................................................. 12
12a. Mean scale width % SL>4.5............................................................. A. darabensis n. sp.
12b. Mean scale width % SL <4.5........................................................................... 13
13a. Scale length % SL 2.6–3.8 with mean value of 3.1................................................... A. sophiae
13b. Scale length % SL 3.4–4.5 with mean value of c. 4.0............................................... A. pluristriatus
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Teimori, Azad, Gholami, Zeinab & Reichenbacher, Bettina, 2014, Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species, pp. 246-268 in Zootaxa 3786 (3) on pages 264-265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/229424