Squalius

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Squalius
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Squalius carolitertii
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Squalius pyrenaicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Squalius
Bonaparte, 1837
Type species
Leuciscus squalus
Bonaparte, 1837
Synonyms

CephalopsisFitzinger, 1873
IberocyprisDoadrio, 1980
MicrolepisBonaparte, 1846

Squalius is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. [1] Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. S. alburnoides is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving from a prehistoric species related to Anaecypris ; the latter mated with ancestral S. pyrenaicus . Present-day S. alburnoides mates with sympatric congeners of other species. [2]

Species

There are currently 52 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Squalius". FishBase . October 2016 version.
  2. Collares-Pereira, M.J. & Coelho, M.M. (2010): Reconfirming the hybrid origin and generic status of the Iberian cyprinid complex Squalius alburnoides. Journal of Fish Biology, 76 (3): 707–715.
  3. 1 2 Turan, D.; Kottelat, M.; Doğan, E. (2013). "Two new species of Squalius, S. adanaensis and S. seyhanensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Seyhan River in Turkey" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3637 (3): 308–324. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.4.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Özuluğ, M.; Freyhof, J. (2011). "Revision of the genus Squalius in Western and Central Anatolia, with description of four new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 22 (2): 107–148.
  5. Esmaeili, H.R.; Khaefi, R.; Zamanian Nejad, R. (2016). "Historical review on the taxonomy of Squalius berak Heckel, 1843 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 118–126.
  6. Khaefi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Sayyadzadeh, G.; Geiger, M.F.; Freyhof, J. (2016). "Squalius namak, a new chub from Lake Namak basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Zootaxa. 4169 (1): 145–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4169.1.7. PMID   27701315.