Achondrostoma

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

Achondrostoma
Achondrostoma oligolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Achondrostoma
Robalo, et al., 2007
Type species
Leuciscus (Leucos) arcasii
Steindachner, 1866
Species

4

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][3]

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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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Achondrostoma in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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