Identifying historical drivers of biodiversity distribution patterns is a central issue in ecology
and biogeography. Iran is a biodiversity-rich country in southwestern Asia. It is known that …

Following an exhaustive review of published molecular data and morphological characters,
we propose a new generic classification for the Cyprinodontiform family Aphaniidae. The …

Among the species of Aphanius Nardo, 1827, Aphanius dispar (Rüppell, 1828) is the most
common taxon and has long been viewed as representing a species group rather than a …

The fishes, which have currently named Aphanius Nardo, 1827 are the relict of the ancient
ichthyofauna of the Tethys Sea. For a long time since 1827, the genus name has been …

Two new species of Aphanius are described from the Kol drainage in southern Iran
(Aphanius darabensis n. sp.) and the endorheic Kavir Basin in northern Iran (A. kavirensis n …

This checklist aims to update the list of the inland fish fauna of Iran including newly
described species and also clarify the status of some taxa including some gobies and …

Mudskippers are amphibious air breathing fish with terrestrial adaptations in contrast to
entirely aquatic fish. They are adapted to living on mudflats and show morphological …

Recent studies on the analysis of the evolutionary relationships between the various taxa of
the teleost fishes are based on the evaluation of the efficacy of different approaches …

The Glyptothorax species from the Middle East are taxonomically revised based on
extensive geographic range and taxon sampling, tree topologies from mitochondrial COI …

Fish species of the genus Capoeta are known for their special mouth morphology (inferior
mouth with the horny edge to the lower jaw), short dorsal fin with seven to nine branched …