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Iridescent Killifish
Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)
Also calledOrientkärpfling (deu)
First described in: Heckel, J. J. 1843. Ichthyologie. In: Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. (<Unspecified Agent>, ed.), : 990-1099.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Inland water: 29800 - 632 (3 spc.), December 2003, irrigation canal of Antalya, Alper Ekiz.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Aphanius mento in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2348056.