Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Aphaniidae (Oriental killifishes)
Etymology: Kosswigichthys: Because of Curt Kosswig, Berlin, 1903-1982; he studied the cave fishes and wrote when in exile in Turkey about the "regressive evolution"/ Hamburg University.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory. Temperate; 10°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 38°N - 37°N
Asia: Turkey (endemic to Lake Hazar).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139)
This species with three rows of conical teeth; a slightly upturned lower jaw; male without black or dark-brown bars in the caudal fin; no head canals; presence of a dermal sheath at the anal-fin base in the nuptial female; body naked (Ref. 126233).
Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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