Esmaeilius

Esmaeilius
Esmaeilius mesopotamicus, preserved
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aphaniidae
Genus:	Esmaeilius Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020
Type species
Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847

Esmaeilius is a genus of toothcarps in the family Aphaniidae. Most are native to Iran, with the range of one species extending to Iraq as well. Most species in the genus have very small distributions and all are seriously threatened.

Etymology

The generic name pertains to Hamid Reza Esmaeili, for his contribution to the understanding of diversity within the family Aphaniidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

There are ten valid species: ^[3]

• Esmaeilius arakensis (Teimori, Esmaeili, Gholami, Zarei & Reichenbacher, 2012) (Arak toothcarp)
• Esmaeilius darabensis (Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014) ^[4] (Kol tooth-carp)
• Esmaeilius isfahanensis (Hrbek, Keivany & Coad, 2006)
• Esmaeilius kavirensis (Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014)
• Esmaeilius mesopotamicus (Coad, 2009)
• Esmaeilius persicus (J. T. Jenkins, 1910) (Farsi tooth-carp)
• Esmaeilius pluristriatus (Jenkins, 1910)
• Esmaeilius shirini (Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014) ^[5] (Shirin tooth-carp)
• Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847) (Soffia tooth-carp)
• Esmaeilius vladykovi (Coad, 1988) (Veladykov's tooth-carp)

References

1. Jörg Freyhof; Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu (July 2020). "A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)". Zootaxa. 4810 (3): 421–451. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.2. PMID   33055730.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 16.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Esmaeilius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
4. Esmaeili, H.R.; Teimori, A.; Gholami, Z.; Reichenbacher, B. (2014). "Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species". Zootaxa. 3786 (3): 246–268. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.2. PMID   24869537.
5. Gholami, Z.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Erpenbeck, D.; Reichenbacher, B. (2014). "Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, South-western Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 52 (2): 130–141. doi:10.1111/jzs.12052.