History of the Genera Lebia Oken 1817 and Lebias Goldfuss 1820 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae) with Designation of a Type Species for Lebias

Closing of the Tethys Sea and the phylogeny of Eurasian killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)

“…The recently described Lebias stiassnyae appears to be sympatric with A. dispar in hypersaline Lake Afdera, Ethiopia, and has been suggested to originate in situ ( Getahun & Lazara, 2001 ). The generic names Lebias and Aphanius are synonyms, and debate whether Lebias is a junior synonym of Aphanius , or if Aphanius is a junior synonym of Lebias is ongoing ( Lazara, 1995 ; Wildekamp et al ., 1999 ). Lebias has not been used since the beginning of this century, therefore we continue to use the traditional generic name Aphanius .…”

“…Figure 1 shows the distribution and sampling localities of Aphanius. Additional information on the distribution and taxonomy of Aphanius may be found in the publications of Wildekamp and collaborators (Wildekamp, 1996;Wildekamp et al, 1999), Lazara (1995), and Villwock and collaborators (Villwock, 1958(Villwock, , 1963(Villwock, , 1964(Villwock, , 1966Scholl et al, 1978;Villwock et al, 1983).…”

DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)

“…Aphanius has been named by some authors as a junior synonym of Lebias Goldfuss, 1820 [26]. It should be noted that for more than 150 years Lebias had been considered as a junior synonym of Cyprinodon Lacépède, 1803.…”

“…Aphanius Nardo, 1827. Synonym of Lebias Goldfuss 1820, according to Lazara [30,26]. Valid as Aphanius Nardo 1827, according to Tortonese [31], Parenti [28], Wildekamp et al [32], Coad [33], Kruppand Schneider [34], Wildekamp [16], Poll & Gosse [35], Seegers [36], Wildekamp et al [23], Doadrio et al [37], Huber [38], Blanco et al [39], Hrbek et al [40], Kottelat et al [41], Kottelat & Freyhof [42], Hertwig [43], Coad [44], Teimori et al [45], Esmaeili et al [46], Teimori et al [47], Esmaeili et al [19], Gholami et al [48], Keivany & Esmaeili [49], Esmaeili et al [50], Teimori et al [51], Pfleiderer et al [52], Huber [53], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al [54], Esmaeili et al [55], Freyhof et al [9,10], Ç içek et al [56], Esmaeili et al [57], Golani & Fricke [58], Teimori et al [15,59], Yoğurtçuoğlu & Freyhof [60], Teimori & Motamedi [61], and Motamedi et al [62].…”

“…Lebias banded Valenciennes, 1821. Valid as Lebias Goldfuss, 1820, according to Lazara [26], Costa [63] and Lazara [30]. The invalid generic name, according to Huber [38].…”