Aphanius saourensis
| Aphanius saourensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Aphanius |
| Species: | A. saourensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphanius saourensis Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006
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Aphanius saourensis, the Sahara aphanius, is a species of freshwater pupfish belonging to the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to the Oued Saoura river basin in Algeria.[1] The species is threatened by water pollution and water withdrawal for agricultural use; it was evaluated by the IUCN on 17 October 2007 and listed as critically endangered on the Red List, although it is possibly extinct in the wild.[2][3][4][5][6]
Etymology[]
The species name, saourensis, comes from "Saoura", the valley where the fish was collected.[2]
Description[]
Like all members of the genus Aphanius, the Sahara aphanius exhibits sexual dimorphism. Females possess brown mottling on their flanks and have transparent fins, whereas the much smaller males have bluish silver body mottling. Their fins have dark bars on them and are often blue in colour.[3]
References[]
- ^ Abdelhamid, Azeroual (2010-01-01). "Aphanius saourensis". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Aphanius saourensis, Sahara aphanius". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ a b "Aphanius saourensis — Seriously Fish". Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "Sahara Aphanius – Tiergarten Schönbrunn".
- ^ https://koelnerzoo.de/images/pdf/Zeitschriften/zeitschrift_des_klner_zoos_2019_01.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Aphanius saourensis extinct in the wild".
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