Silurus triostegus 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 : 35

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.10563280

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B4C3C-2E29-FFA2-FF42-FD50E008FB0B

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Plazi

scientific name

Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843
status

 

Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL View at ENA [N]—Mesopotamian catfish; Sallour

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843a: 1090 View in CoL [100] [Tigris River, near Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: (4) NMW, SMF 2623 (1, dry)].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: Kobayakawa (1989: 174).—Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 13, fig. 1); Esmaeili (2021: 309, fig. 17.12).

Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Beckman (1962: 176); confirmed by Krupp & Schneider (1991b: 73); Ali (2003); Saad et al. (2009).—Syrian material: MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Tigris and Euphrates River basins.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.— Habitat: This species inhabits large rivers, marshes, lakes, and reservoirs. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are many threats in the area affection this species, but none seem to be strong enough to let the species decline so fast, that it qualifies for a threat category.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Siluridae

Genus

Silurus

Loc

Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843

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

Silurus triostegus

Heckel 1843: 1090
1843
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