Valencia (fish)
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| Valencia hispanica | |
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| Family: | Valenciidae Parenti, 1981
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| Genus: | Valencia G. S. Myers, 1928
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| Hydrargyra hispanica Valenciennes, 1846
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Valencia is the only genus in the family Valenciidae.[1] Valencia is a genus of ray-finned fishes. It is sometimes grouped into the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe.[3]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3][4]
- Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) (Valencia toothcarp)
- Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) (Corfu toothcarp)
- Valencia robertae Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014[4]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Valenciidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Valencia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ a b 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.
- "Valencia Myers, 1928". ITIS Report. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
External links
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