Achondrostoma
Achondrostoma is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[1]
| Achondrostoma | |
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| Achondrostoma oligolepis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Achondrostoma Robalo, et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus (Leucos) arcasii Steindachner, 1866 | |
| Species | |
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The genus was erected in 2007 for three fish separated from genus Chondrostoma on the basis of genetic evidence.[1] Later that year a population of Iberochondrostoma lemmingii was separated on the basis of morphological and phylogenetic data and described as the fourth species of Achondrostoma.[2]
Species
- Achondrostoma arcasii (Steindachner, 1866)
- Achondrostoma occidentale (Robalo, et al., 2005)
- Achondrostoma oligolepis (Robalo, et al., 2005)
- Achondrostoma salmantinum Doadrio & Elvira, 2007
References
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- Robalo, J. I., et al. (2007). Re-examination and phylogeny of the genus Chondrostoma based on mitochondrial and nuclear data and the definition of 5 new genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42, 362-72.
- Doadrio, I. and B. Elvira. (2007). A new species of the genus Achondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 (Actinopterigii, Cyprinidae) from western Spain. Graellsia 63(2), 295-304.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Achondrostoma in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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