Anaecypris hispanica

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Anaecypris hispanica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Anaecypris
Species:
A. hispanica
Binomial name
Anaecypris hispanica
(Steindachner, 1866)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Phoxinus hispanicus Steindachner, 1866

Anaecypris hispanica, the Spanish minnowcarp, [3] or jarabugo, [4] is a small species of ray-finned fish species in the family Leuciscidae. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and is found in the basin of the Guadiana River in southern Spain and Portugal.

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Taxonomy

Anaecypris hispanica was first formally described as Phoxinus hispanica in 1866 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as the Guadiana River near Mérida in Spain. [2] In 1983 Maria João Collares-Pereira proposed the genus Anaecypris with P. hispanica as its type species. The genus Anaecypris is classified within the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae. [5]

Etymology

Anaecypris hispanica is the type species of the genus Anaecypris, this name combines Anas, the Latin name for the Guadiana, with cypris, meaning a small carp, a common suffix used in the names of cyprinoid genera. The specific name hispanica, the Roman name for the Iberian peninsula, where this species is endemic. [6]

Description

Anaecypris hispanica differs from related fishes present on the Iberian peninsula by possessing an upturned mouth, the origin of the dorsal fin is behind the base of the pelvic fin base, there is a scaleless keel between the pelvic fin and the anus and there is an incomplete lateral line has between 2 and 23 pored scales. This species has a maximum fork length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in)> [7]

Distribution and habitat

Anaecypris hispanica is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula where it is found in the drainage system of the Guadiana with an isolated population in the Rio Bembézar in the Guadalquivir drainage. The Spanish minnowcarp is found in shallow stretches of minor streams and rivers, these streams are subject to wide variations of flow. Many of them can almost completelydry out during summer and autumn, when the fish survive in the disconnected pools remaining until the flow resumes. When the flow is high these fishes are found in both riffles and deeper poolswhere the streambed is made up of exposed bedrocks, cobbles and gravel. [1]

Biology

Anaecypris hispanica feeds on filamentous algae and small invertebrates. At the beginning of the summer the fishes migrate upstream to spawn and return downstream to refuge areas where there is permanent water throughout the year. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Ford, M. (2024). "Anaecypris hispanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T1199A137218277. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T1199A137218277.en . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Anaecypris". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. Peter Maitland (2000). Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Europe . Hamlyn. p.  93. ISBN   0600596907.
  4. Leunda, P. M.; Elvira, B.; Ribeiro, F.; et al. (2009). "International standardization of Common Names for Iberian Endemic Freshwater Fishes" (PDF). Limnetica. 28 (2): 189–202. doi:10.23818/limn.28.15. ISSN   1989-1806. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-04. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. Christopher Scharpf (8 April 2024). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anaecypris hispanica". FishBase . October 2024 version.