Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 33

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scientific name	Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986
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Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986 View in CoL [N]—Zigzag catfish; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986: 292 View in CoL , Figs. 1-2 [Lake Antioche, Syria; holotype: MHNG 603.95].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu (2023).—Illustration: Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu (2023: 449).

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Anuradha 1986 (1794); subsequently reported by Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu (2023).—Syrian material: SMF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Orontes River basin.—Distribution in River Basin: 4- Orontes.—General distribution: Orontes River basin ( Turkey and Syria).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437- Orontes.—Habitat: This species lives in large rivers and reservoirs. It feeds on invertebrates and small fish. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

References

Anuradha, S. (1986) Contributions to the study of bagrid fishes. 19. Systematic position of Macrones halepensis colvillii Hora & Misra, 1943, with description of a new species (Siluriformes, Bagridae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 93 (2), 291 - 296. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 79696

Freyhof, J. & Yogurtcuoglu, B. (2023) Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986, a valid species from the Orontes drainage (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa, 5306 (4), 445 - 462. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5306.4.3

Yogurtcuoglu, B., Kaya, C., Atalay, M. A., Ekmekci, F. G. & Freyhof, J. (2023) Two new freshwater blennies from the Eastern Mediterranean basin (Teleostei: Blenniidae). Zootaxa, 5311 (1), 085 - 104. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5311.1.4