Mediterranean killifish
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| Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821) |
The Mediterranean killifish or South European toothcarp (Aphanius fasciatus) is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are saline lakes, saline marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.
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- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Aphanius fasciatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 04 August 2007.

