Pseudophoxinus atropatenus

Species of fish

Pseudophoxinus atropatenus

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Leuciscinae
Genus:  | Pseudophoxinus
Species:  |

P. atropatenus

Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus atropatenus

(Derjavin, 1937)

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus atropatenus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19449330A19848537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T19449330A19848537.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudophoxinus atropatenus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
3. ^ a b O.N. Artaev, B.A. Levin, N.Dzh. Mustafayev, E.P. Simonov (2018) Caucasian Relict Fish - Azerbaijani Spring Roach. Priroda 2018 (5), 37-61 (In Russian)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5861712
* ADW: Pseudophoxinus_atropatenus
* CoL: 6WGYK
* EoL: 220039
* FishBase: 56060
* GBIF: 2360983
* iNaturalist: 446424
* WoRMS: 1026962

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