121. Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842)

Common name. Mesopotamian barb

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobio damascinus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842: 314, pl. 482 [Damascus, Syria; lectotype: MNHN 0000-4494; lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider (1989: 365)] .

Revisions. Alwan et al. (2016: 17).

Illustration. Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1842: pl. 482).

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Siyah mahi-e Dameshghi.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.