Global InformationFootless killifish information
| Footless killifish | |
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Conservation status
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 Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Tellia Gervais, 1853 |
| Species: | T. apoda
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| Binomial name | |
| Tellia apoda Gervais, 1853
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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The footless killifish (Tellia apoda) is a monotypic species of killifish in the family Aphaniidae. This species is endemic to springs and streams in the Atlas mountains of Algeria, between Batna and Constantine.[2] T. apoda was described in 1853 by Paul Gervais with the type locality given as the Springs of Tell, south of Constantine.[3]
- ^ Freyhof, J. & Ford, M. (2022). "Tellia apoda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T60776A137217150. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-3.RLTS.T60776A137217150.en. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Tellia apoda" in FishBase. April 2024 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lebias apodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2019.