| Orontes minnow | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Pseudophoxinus |
| Species: | P. kervillei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophoxinus kervillei (Pellegrin, 1911) | |
The Orontes minnow (Pseudophoxinus kervillei) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.[1] It is found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.It is considered by some taxonomic authorities to be conspecific with the Levantine minnow.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the French biologist, archaeologist and photographer Henri Gadeau de Kerville (1858–1940), who collected the holotype specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudophoxinus kervillei" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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