Sakarya toothcarp

The Sakarya toothcarp (Aphanius villwocki) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to the upper Sakarya River basin in Turkey. It is threatened by water abstraction, damming and a reduction of rainfall due to climate change.[1] The specific name honours the German zoologist Wolfgang Villwock (1930-2014) of the University of Hamburg.[3]

Sakarya toothcarp
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Aphanius
Species:
A. villwocki
Binomial name
Aphanius villwocki
Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003[2]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Aphanius villwocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19513595A19849296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19513595A19849296.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Aphanius villwocki" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 April 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families PANTANODONTIDAE, CYPRINODONTIDAE, PROFUNDULIDAE, GOODEIDAE, FUNDULIDAE and FLUVIPHYLACIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 October 2019.


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