Pseudophoxinus atropatenus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Pseudophoxinus |
Species: | P. atropatenus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudophoxinus atropatenus (Derjavin, 1937)
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Synonyms | |
Rutilus atropatenus |
Pseudophoxinus atropatenus, also known as the Azerbaijani spring roach or Shirvan roachling, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2]
It is only found in the Kura River drainage in Azerbaijan, inhabiting small spring lakes in an area of max. 44 km diameter.[3]
In the Mediterranean clade of Pseudophoxinus, the Azerbaijani spring roach is the only species that inhabits Transcaucasus. Biogeographically it appears to be a Miocene-Pliocene relict in this region.[3]