Valencia (fish)

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Valencia
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–present
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Valencia hispanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder: Cyprinodontoidei
Family: Valenciidae
Parenti, 1981
Genus: Valencia
G. S. Myers, 1928
Type species
Hydrargyra hispanica
Valenciennes, 1846

Valencia is the only genus in the family Valenciidae. [1] Valencia is a genus of ray-finned fishes. It was formerly grouped into the family Cyprinodontidae, but more recent studies support it being its own family most closely related to the Aphaniidae. [2] [3] Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe. [4]

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Taxonomy

There are currently three recognized species in Valencia: [4] [5]

Fossil specimen of Prolebias, an extinct valenciid Umbra perpusilla 564.jpg
Fossil specimen of Prolebias , an extinct valenciid

The Valenciidae were formerly a much more diverse lineage in prehistoric times (Paleogene to mid-Neogene). The following fossil genera are also known: [6]

This group has a rich fossil record dating to the Early Oligocene. Their evolution was driven by shifts in the Mediterranean and the Paratethys Seas. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Valenciidae". FishBase . February 2014 version.
  2. ↑ Myers, P.; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond; T. A. Dewey (2008). "Genus Valencia". The Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (online). Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Bragança, Pedro H. N.; Amorim, Pedro F.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2018-02-09). "Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94 (1): 137–145. doi: 10.3897/zse.94.22173 . ISSN   1860-0743.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Valencia". FishBase . February 2014 version.
  5. 1 2 Freyhof, J., Kärst, H. & Geiger, M. (2014): Valencia robertae, a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) [2013]: 289-298.
  6. 1 2 Herbert Mainero, Andrea; Vasilyan, Davit; Reichenbacher, Bettina (2024-12-31). "Two new genera of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Middle Miocene of the Bugojno Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina: insights into the lost diversity of Valenciidae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 22 (1) 2412539. Bibcode:2024JSPal..2212539H. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2024.2412539 . ISSN   1477-2019.


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