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Valencia (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Valencia
Valencia hispanica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Superfamily: Valencioidea
Family: Valenciidae
Genus: Valencia
G. S. Myers, 1928
Type species
Hydrargyra hispanica
Valenciennes, 1846

Valencia is the only genus in the family Valenciidae.[1] Valencia is a genus of ray-finned fishes. It is sometimes grouped into the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe.[3]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3][4]

  • Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) (Valencia toothcarp)
  • Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) (Corfu toothcarp)
  • Valencia robertae Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014[4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Valenciidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. ↑ Myers, P.; R. Espinosa (2008). "Genus Valencia". The Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (online). http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Valencia.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Valencia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Freyhof, J., Kärst, H. & Geiger, M. (2014): Valencia robertae, a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) [2013]: 289-298.

Wikidata ☰ Q136626 entry




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