Leuciscus vorax (Heckel, 1843)

Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), Zootaxa 5402 (1), pp. 1-99 : 63

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1

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scientific name

Leuciscus vorax (Heckel, 1843)
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196. Leuciscus vorax (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL

Common name. Mesopotamian asp

Taxonomy. Original description: Aspius vorax Heckel, 1843a: 21 (24), pl. 9 [Heri Rud River near Herat, Syria; syntypes: NMW 16527 View Materials (1, dry), 76776 (1)] .

Revisions. Lelek (1987: 150) as Aspius vorax ; Perea et al. (2011: 15).

Illustrations. Heckel (1843b: pl. 10, fig. 3) as Aspius vorax .

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Shelej.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Leuciscus

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