Anatolichthys

Anatolichthys
	Anatolichthys danfordii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Anatolichthys; Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Type species
	Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945;
Synonyms
	Turkichthys Ermin, 1946

Anatolichthys is a genus of toothcarps in the family Aphaniidae, which are native to Asia Minor. Several species in the genus have very limited distribution and may be threatened.

Etymology

The generic name is derived from Anatolia, a name for the Asian part of Turkey and ichthys "fish".

Species

There are fourteen valid species:

Anatolichthys anatoliae Leidenfrost, 1912 (Lake Tuz toothcarp)
Anatolichthys chantrei (Gaillard, 1895)
Anatolichthys danfordii Boulenger, 1890 (Sultan Sazlığı toothcarp)
Anatolichthys fontinalis Akşiray, 1948
Anatolichthys iconii Akşiray, 1948
Anatolichthys irregularis (Yoğurtçuoğlu & Freyhof, 2018)
Anatolichthys maeandricus Akşiray, 1948
Anatolichthys marassantensis Pfleiderer, Geiger & Herder, 2014 (Kızılırmak toothcarp)
Anatolichthys meridionalis Akşiray, 1948
Anatolichthys saldae Akşiray, 1955
†Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 (Splendid toothcarp)
Anatolichthys sureyanus W. Neu, 1937 (Burdur toothcarp)
Anatolichthys transgrediens Ermin, 1946 (Acıgöl toothcarp)
Anatolichthys villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003 (Sakarya toothcarp)

References

↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Anatolichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pfleiderer, S. Johannes; Geiger, Matthias F.; Herder, Fabian (2014). "Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)". Zootaxa. 3887 (5): 569–582. doi:10.11646/Zootaxa.3887.5.4. PMID 25543950.

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza; Teimori, Azad; Zarei, Fatah; Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz (2020). "DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". PLOS ONE. 15 (4) e0231717. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1531717E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231717. PMC 7162479. PMID 32298351.
Freyhof, Jörg; Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran (2020). "A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". Zootaxa. 4810 (3): 421–451. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.2. PMID 33055730.

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[ETYFish-1] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Anatolichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 March 2026.

[Pfleiderer2014-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pfleiderer, S. Johannes; Geiger, Matthias F.; Herder, Fabian (2014). "Aphanius marassantensis, a new toothcarp from the Kızılırmak drainage in northern Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)". Zootaxa. 3887 (5): 569–582. doi:10.11646/Zootaxa.3887.5.4. PMID 25543950.

Anatolichthys

Anatolichthys danfordii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Anatolichthys Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Type species
Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945
Synonyms
Turkichthys Ermin, 1946

Anatolichthys

Etymology

Species

References

Further reading