Country · Europe
Spain
Every profile recorded in Spain, native or introduced.
- Species
- 2
- Families
- 1
- Genera
- 1
- Found only here
- 2
- Photographed
- 2 of 2
Where it isEurope
Found only here2
2 of these profiles carry Spain and no other country. That is not the same as endemic. Most of these distributions are only half recorded.
Apricaphanius baeticusBaetican Toothcarp
Aphaniidae · Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002
Prior to its description this species was considered a geographic variant of A. iberus but the 2002 paper revealed the pair to be genetically quite distinct and also highlighted some morphological differences. It is distinguished from A. iberus by possessing 8-9 (usually 8 ) branched dorsal-fin rays (vs. 8-9, sometimes 10), 9-11 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 8-9), a deeper, more elongate body shape, noticeably shorter snout, relatively thick (vs. thin) vertical bars in males and a flank patterning consisting of a few la...
Apricaphanius iberusSpanish Toothcarp
Aphaniidae · Valenciennes, 1846
Populations of Aphanius from Spain's southern, Atlantic coastline and Algeria previously considered representative of A. iberus have now been elevated to full species status with the names A. baeticus (Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002) and A. saourensis (Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006), respectively. All three species look broadly similar although A. saourensis can be easily identified as the patterning in males is mottled and does not form vertical bars, while femal...