The iridescent toothcarp or pearl-spotted killifish[3](Paraphanius mento) is a species of killifish in the family Aphaniidae.

It can be found in Western Asia (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey).

[1][3] It occurs in a wide range of freshwater habitats (springs, streams, lakes and rivers).

[3] This species was described in 1843 as Lebias mento by Johann Jakob Heckel with the type locality given as Mosul in Iraq.

[4] The acanthocephalan parasite Triaspiron aphanii was found to infest 90% of a sample of Iridescent toothcarp.