Tropidophoxinellus | |
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Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Tropidophoxinellus Stephanidis, 1974 |
Type species | |
Rutilus spartiaticus Stephanidis, 1971 [1] | |
Species | |
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Tropidophoxinellus is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. [1] There are currently four described species, these fishes are found in Greece and North Africa. [2]
A DNA-based phylogenetic biogeographical report carried out in 2010 recommended that Pseudophoxinus callensis and P. chaignoni from North Africa be added. [3] However, this report was not universally accepted.