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Valencia (fish)

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Genus of fishes

Valencia
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–present PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Valencia hispanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Superfamily: Valencioidea
Family: Valenciidae
Genus: Valencia
G. S. Myers, 1928
Type species
Hydrargyra hispanica
Valenciennes, 1846

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. Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe.

Taxonomy

There are currently three recognized species in Valencia:

The Valenciidae were formerly a much more diverse lineage in prehistoric times (Paleogene to mid-Neogene). The following fossil genera are also known:

This group has a rich fossil record dating to the Early Oligocene. Their evolution was driven by shifts in the Mediterranean and the Paratethys Seas.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Valenciidae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. Myers, P.; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond; T. A. Dewey (2008). "Genus Valencia". The Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (online). Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Valencia". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. ^ Freyhof, J., Kärst, H. & Geiger, M. (2014): Valencia robertae, a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) : 289-298.
  5. ^ Herbert Mainero, Andrea; Vasilyan, Davit; Reichenbacher, Bettina (2024-12-31). "Two new genera of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Middle Miocene of the Bugojno Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina: insights into the lost diversity of Valenciidae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 22 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2412539. ISSN 1477-2019.

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