Valencia (fish) explained

Valencia is the only genus in the family Valenciidae. Valencia is a genus of ray-finned fishes. It is sometimes grouped into the family Cyprinodontidae.^[1] Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

• Valencia hispanica (Valenciennes, 1846) (Valencia toothcarp)
• Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) (Corfu toothcarp)
• Valencia robertae Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014^[2]

References

• Web site: Valencia Myers, 1928 . ITIS Report. 12 February 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Valencia. Myers. P.. R. Espinosa . C. S. Parr . T. Jones . G. S. Hammond . T. A. Dewey . 2008. The Animal Diversity Web . University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (online). 12 February 2010.
2. Freyhof, J., Kärst, H. & Geiger, M. (2014): Valencia robertae, a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) [2013]: 289-298.