''Valencia'' is the
only genus in the family Valenciidae. ''Valencia'' is a genus of
ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
. It is sometimes grouped into the family
Cyprinodontidae.
Members of this genus are restricted to southern Europe.
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Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[
* '' Valencia hispanica'' (]Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1846) (Valencia toothcarp)
* ''Valencia letourneuxi
''Valencia letourneuxi'', the Corfu toothcarp, is a species of fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bo ...
'' ( Sauvage, 1880) (Corfu toothcarp)
* '' Valencia robertae'' Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014[Freyhof, J., Kärst, H. & Geiger, M. (2014)]
''Valencia robertae'', a new killifish from southern Greece (Cyprinodontiformes: Valenciidae).
''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) 013 289-298.''
References
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External links
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Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by George S. Myers
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