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Valencia robertae

Valencia robertae is a species of Mediterranean killifish, from the family Valenciidae. It is endemic to Greece where it is found in the Lower Pinios and lower Mornos Rivers in Greece. The species was described in 2004 with the type locality given as River Pinios south of Kavasila. The specific name honours the Italian ichthyologist Roberta Barbieri of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Athens.

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Valencia robertae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Valenciidae
Genus: Valencia
Species:
V. robertae
Binomial name
Valencia robertae
Freyhof, Kärst & Geiger, 2014

Valencia robertae is a species of Mediterranean killifish, from the family Valenciidae. It is endemic to Greece where it is found in the Lower Pinios and lower Mornos Rivers in Greece.1 The species was described in 2004 with the type locality given as River Pinios south of Kavasila.2 The specific name honours the Italian ichthyologist Roberta Barbieri of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Athens.3

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Valencia robertae". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Valencia robertae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (8 December 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 February 2024.