Pseudophoxinus atropatenus

Pseudophoxinus atropatenus, also known as the Azerbaijani spring roach or Shirvan roachling, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2]

Pseudophoxinus atropatenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species:
P. atropatenus
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus atropatenus
(Derjavin, 1937)
Synonyms

Rutilus atropatenus

It is only found in the Kura River drainage in Azerbaijan, inhabiting small spring lakes in an area of max. 44 km diameter.[3]

In the Mediterranean clade of Pseudophoxinus, the Azerbaijani spring roach is the only species that inhabits Transcaucasus. Biogeographically it appears to be a Miocene-Pliocene relict in this region.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus atropatenus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19449330A19848537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T19449330A19848537.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophoxinus atropatenus". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. ^ a b O.N. Artaev, B.A. Levin, N.Dzh. Mustafayev, E.P. Simonov (2018) Caucasian Relict Fish - Azerbaijani Spring Roach. Priroda 2018 (5), 37–61 (In Russian)