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Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)

Mediterranean banded killifish
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Lebanon country information

Common names: Samak Ghomoq
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 683.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/le.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tortonese, E., 1986
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Aphaniidae (Oriental killifishes)
Etymology:   More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro benthopelagico; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 8 - 10; non migratori.   Subtropical; 10°C - 24°C (Ref. 1672); 46°N - 34°N, 2°E - 36°E

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Europe: France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece and Montenegro. Mediterranean basin: North Africa from Egypt to eastern Algeria, sometimes in landlocked basins; through the Suez Canal into the Bitter Lakes, Egypt (Ref. 3788). Asia: Turkey.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 42455)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raggi anali molli: 9. Can be diagnosed from other species of Aphanius, Valenciidae and Fundulidae in Europe by having the following characters: males have pale yellow to yellow-orange caudal fin, in some populations with a wide dark submarginal bar, 8-15 dark blue to grey bars on a silvery background, bars usually regularly shaped and set; females possess 11-17 short dark brown bars on sides, over a faint greyish midlateral stripe, 24-29 scales in midlateral series on body, and pectoral fin with 14-15 rays (Ref. 59043).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs in coastal lagoons and in hypersaline to shallow still to slow-flowing fresh water, especially at river mouths (Ref. 59043). A short-lived species which inhabits ponds, ditches and swamps. Feeds on invertebrates and plants. Spawns from April to September (Ref. 26100). Spawning takes place on the bottom and in submerged vegetation (Ref. 59043). Threatened due to habitat destruction and the introduction of other species (Ref. 26100). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Freyhof, J. and B. Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020. A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Zootaxa 4810(3):421-451. (Ref. 126233)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 31 January 2006

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Pesca: di nessun interesse; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.6 - 20.1, mean 18.9 (based on 346 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00808 - 0.01238), b=3.24 (3.20 - 3.28), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.7   ±0.27 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.16-0.22 questionable; assuming tm<1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).