• Source: Orontes minnow

The Orontes minnow (Pseudophoxinus kervillei) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.
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.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Orontes minnow
• Pseudophoxinus libani
• Antakya minnow
• Pseudophoxinus
• Turan's minnow
• Hula Lake
• List of endangered fishes
• Squalius
• List of near threatened fishes
• List of vulnerable fishes