Squalius berak Heckel, 1843

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 : 32

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B4C9BF-A1A4-4D27-8C30-E4A23DAD01AB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563259

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B4C3C-2E14-FF9F-FF42-FE54E638FBDF

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Plazi

scientific name

Squalius berak Heckel, 1843
status

 

Squalius berak Heckel, 1843 View in CoL View at ENA [N]—Mesopotamian chub; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Squalius berak Heckel, 1843a: 1078 View in CoL [88] [Aleppo, Syria; syntypes: NMW 48915 (6), SMF 469 [ex NMW] (3)].—Syrian synonyms: Squalius orientalis Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Leuciscus cephalus orientalis Heckel, 1847 View in CoL .—Revisions: Doadrio & Carmona (2006: 200).—Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 10, fig. 1).

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Heckel (1843a: 1079) as Squalius berak ; subsequently reported by Beckman (1962: 130) as Leuciscus cephalus orientalis .—Syrian material: BMNH, MCZ, NMW, SMNS, MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Euphrates and Tigris River basin.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris River basin ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.—Habitat: This species lives in small to medium-sized streams, mostly in mountains and hilly areas. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN:LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are many threats in the area, but none is serious enough to really impact this species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.— Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

SubFamily

Leuciscinae

Genus

Squalius

Loc

Squalius berak Heckel, 1843

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil 2023
2023
Loc

Squalius orientalis

Heckel 1847
1847
Loc

Leuciscus cephalus orientalis

Heckel 1847
1847
Loc

Squalius berak Heckel, 1843a: 1078

Heckel, 1843 a: 1078: 1078
1078
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