Aphaniidae

Oriental killifishes

45 species

1. 1Anatolichthys anatoliae (Leidenfrost, 1912) · Anatolian giant killifishfresh · temperate
2. 2Anatolichthys danfordii (Boulenger, 1890) · Danford's killifishfresh · subtropical
3. 3Anatolichthys fontinalis (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · temperate
4. 4Anatolichthys iconii (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · temperate
5. 5Anatolichthys irregularis (Yoğurtçuoğlu & Freyhof, 2018)fresh · subtropical
6. 6Anatolichthys maeandricus (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · subtropical
7. 7Anatolichthys marassantensis (Pfleiderer, Geiger & Herder, 2014) · Kızılırmak killifishfresh · temperate
8. 8Anatolichthys meridionalis (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · subtropical
9. 9Anatolichthys saldae (Akşiray, 1955)fresh · subtropical
10. 10Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 · Splendid killifishfresh · temperate
11. 11Anatolichthys sureyanus (Neu, 1937) · Sureyan killifishfresh · temperate
12. 12Anatolichthys transgrediens (Ermin, 1946) · Acipinar killifishfresh · temperate
13. 13Anatolichthys villwocki (Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003) · Villwock's killifishfresh · temperate
14. 14Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829) · Arabian pupfishfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
15. 15Aphaniops furcatus (Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014)fresh · brackish · subtropical
16. 16Aphaniops ginaonis (Holly, 1929)fresh · brackish · subtropical
17. 17Aphaniops hormuzensis (Teimori, Esmaeili, Hamidan & Reichenbacher, 2018)fresh · brackish · subtropical
18. 18Aphaniops kruppi (Freyhof, Weissenbacher & Geiger, 2017)fresh · brackish · tropical
19. 19Aphaniops richardsoni (Boulenger, 1907)fresh · brackish · tropical
20. 20Aphaniops sirhani (Villwock, Scholl & Krupp, 1983)fresh · brackish · subtropical
21. 21Aphaniops stiassnyae (Getahun & Lazara, 2001) · Lake Afdera killifishfresh · brackish · tropical
22. 22Aphaniops stoliczkanus (Day, 1872)fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
23. 23Aphanius almiriensis Kottelat, Barbieri & Stoumboudi, 2007fresh · brackish · temperate
24. 24Aphanius chantrei (Gaillard, 1895)fresh · subtropical
25. 25Aphanius desioi (Gianferrari, 1933)fresh · temperate
26. 26Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821) · Mediterranean banded killifishfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
27. 27Aphanius punctatus (Heckel, 1847)fresh · temperate
28. 28Apricaphanius baeticus (Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002)fresh · temperate
29. 29Apricaphanius iberus (Valenciennes, 1846) · Spanish toothcarpfresh · brackish · temperate
30. 30Apricaphanius saourensis (Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006) · Sahara aphaniusfresh · subtropical
31. 31Esmaeilius darabensis (Esmaeili, Teimori, Gholami & Reichenbacher, 2014)fresh · subtropical
32. 32Esmaeilius isfahanensis (Hrbek, Keivany & Coad, 2006)fresh · subtropical
33. 33Esmaeilius persicus (Jenkins, 1910) · Farsi tooth-carpbrackish · subtropical
34. 34Esmaeilius shirini (Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014) · Shirin tooth-carpfresh · subtropical
35. 35Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847)fresh · subtropical
36. 36Esmaeilius vladykovi (Coad, 1988) · Veladykov's tooth-carpfresh · subtropical
37. 37Kosswigichthys asquamatus Sözer, 1942 · Scaleless killifishfresh · temperate
38. 38Paraphanius alexandri (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · temperate
39. 39Paraphanius boulengeri (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · tropical
40. 40Paraphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) · Pearl-spotted killifishfresh · subtropical
41. 41Paraphanius mentoides (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · tropical
42. 42Paraphanius orontis (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · tropical
43. 43Paraphanius similis (Akşiray, 1948)fresh · tropical
44. 44Paraphanius striptus (Goren, 1974)fresh · tropical
45. 45Tellia apoda Gervais, 1853fresh · subtropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.