Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lake Afdera Killifish
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The species is restricted
to a shore
habitat
in which the freshwater
of the hot springs
join the salty waters of the lake
.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Family:
Cyprinodontidae
()
- Gill, 1865
- Subfamily:
Cyprinodontinae
()
- Genus:
Aphanius
()
- Nardo, 1827, nom. nud.
- Specific name:
stiassnyae
- (Getahun & Lazara, 2001)
- Scientific name: - Aphanius stiassnyae (Getahun & Lazara, 2001)
- Specific name:
stiassnyae
- (Getahun & Lazara, 2001)
- Genus:
Aphanius
(
- Subfamily:
Cyprinodontinae
(
- Family:
Cyprinodontidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Lebias stiassnyae
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Getahun, A. and K
.J. Lazara Lebias stiassnyae:
a new species of killifish from Lake
Afdera, Ethiopia (Teleostei:
Cyprinodontidae). Copeia (1):150-153., 2001.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aphanius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. almiriensis (Almiri Toothcarp) · A. anatoliae (Dislisazancik Baligi) · A. anatoliae anatoliae (Dislisazancik Baligi) · A. asquamatus (Scaleless Killifish) · A. chantrei (Dislisazancik Baligi) · A. fasciatus (Mediterranean Killifish) · A. iberus (Spanish Toothcarp) · A. saourensis (Sahara Aphanius) · A. stiassnyae (Lake Afdera Killifish)
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Further Reading
- Getahun, A. 2001. Lake Afdera: a threatened saline lake in Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science 24(1): 127-131.
- Getahun, A. and K.J. Lazara Lebias stiassnyae: a new species of killifish from Lake Afdera, Ethiopia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Copeia (1):150-153., 2001.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Getahun, A. 2010. Aphanius stiassnyae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4788624
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-162867
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 647072
- IUCN ID: 191882
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135774
Footnotes
- Getahun, A. 2010. Aphanius stiassnyae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
