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Aphaniops hormuzensis (Teimori, Esmaeili, Hamidan & Reichenbacher, 2018) |
| Family: | Aphaniidae (Oriental killifishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 3.9 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: southern Iran. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-8; Anal soft rays: 7-9. Description: This species is somewhat similar to A. ginaonis from Iran and A. kruppi from Oman in that the males have 12-17 brown bars on the flank, the anterior-most of which is located beneath the pectoral fin and the posterior-most on the caudal-fin base (vs. flank bars absent or restricted to the caudal peduncle in A. dispar, A. richardsoni, A. stoliczkanus); differs from A. kruppi by having a long narrow bar (vs. a diamond-shaped or vertically-elongate black or dark-brown blotch) at the caudal-fin base in females, and 12-17 (vs. 9-14) brown bars on the flank in the male. Aphaniops ginaonis (endemic to a single spring connected to a stream in which A. teimorii occurs) are similar in that these exhibit the same colour pattern in both males and females, and possess 4-5 scale rows on the caudal-fin base; however, Aphaniops teimorii differs from A. ginaonis by having 7½-8½ (vs. 5) branched dorsal-fin rays (Ref. 126233). | |||
| Biology: | Collected from the coastal rivers and streams between the Merhan and Minhab River drainages (Ref. 126233). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||