Valencia (fish)
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| Valencia Temporal range:
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| Valencia hispanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Superfamily: | Valencioidea |
| Family: | Valenciidae |
| Genus: | Valencia G. S. Myers, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| 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]
Taxonomy
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in Valencia:[3][4]
- Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) (Valencia toothcarp)
- Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) (Corfu toothcarp)
- Valencia robertae Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014[4]
The Valenciidae were formerly a much more diverse lineage in prehistoric times (Paleogene to mid-Neogene). The following fossil genera are also known:[5]
- †Aphanolebias Reichenbacher & Gaudant, 2003
- †Francolebias Costa, 2012
- †Miovalencia Mainero, Vasilyan & Reichenbacher, 2024
- †Prolebias Sauvage, 1874
- †Wilsonilebias Mainero, Vasilyan & Reichenbacher, 2024
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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Valenciidae". 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Valencia". 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.
- ^ a b 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). doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2412539. ISSN 1477-2019.
- "Valencia Myers, 1928". ITIS Report. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
External links
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