Tellia Gervais [F. L. P.] 1853:15 Fem. Tellia apoda Gervais 1853. Type by monotypy. Also appeared as new in Gervais 1853:84 [ref. 33801]. Earliest publication not researched. •Synonym of Aphanius Nardo 1827 -- (Parenti 1981:521 [ref. 7066], Wildekamp et al. 1986:165 [ref. 6198], Wildekamp 1993:19 [ref. 26378], Wildekamp et al. 1999:24 [ref. 26561]). •Synonym of Lebias Goldfuss 1820, but a valid subgenus Tellia -- (Lazara 2001:180 [ref. 25711]). •Synonym of Aphanius Nardo 1827, but a valid subgenus Tellia -- (Huber 2005:16 [ref. 28394], Esmaeili et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37446]). •Valid as Tellia Gervais 1853 -- (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2020:439 [ref. 37656]). Current status: Valid as Tellia Gervais 1853. Aphaniidae.