Achondrostoma Explained

Achondrostoma is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[1]

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

Species include:[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.