Anaecypris hispanica
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| Anaecypris hispanica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Anaecypris |
| Species: | A. hispanica |
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| Anaecypris hispanica (Steindachner, 1866) | |
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Anaecypris hispanica, the Spanish minnowcarp,[3] or jarabugo,[4] is a small species of ray-finned fish species in the family Leuciscidae. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and is found in the basin of the Guadiana River in southern Spain and Portugal.
Anaecypris hispanica was first formally described as Phoxinus hispanica in 1866 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as the Guadiana River near Mérida in Spain.[2] In 1983 Maria João Collares-Pereira proposed the genus Anaecypris with P. hispanica as its type species. The genus Anaecypris is classified within the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae.[5]
Etymology
Anaecypris hispanica is the type species of the genus Anaecypris, this name combines Anas, the Latin name for the Guadiana, with cypris, meaning a small carp, a common suffix used in the names of cyprinoid genera. The specific name hispanica, the Roman name for the Iberian peninsula, where this species is endemic.[6]
Description
Anaecypris hispanica differs from related fishes present on the Iberian peninsula by possessing an upturned mouth, the origin of the dorsal fin is behind the base of the pelvic fin base, there is a scaleless keel between the pelvic fin and the anus and there is an incomplete lateral line has between 2 and 23 pored scales. This species has a maximum fork length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in)>[7]