Carasobarbus luteus (Heckel, 1843)

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 361-362

Carasobarbus luteus (Heckel, 1843) [N] ― Mesopotamian himri/Bizir

Taxonomy. Original description: Systomus luteus Heckel, 1843a: 1061 (71) [Mosul, Iraq; lectotype: NMW 54253: 2; lectotype selected by Borkenhagen and Krupp (2013: 37)]. ― Synonyms: Barbus luteus (Heckel, 1843) ; Systomus albus Heckel, 1843 ; Systomus albus alpina Heckel, 1847 ; Barbus parieschanica Wossughi, Khoshzahmat & Etemadfar 1983 . ― Revisions: Ekmekçi and Bănărescu (1998: 90); Borkenhagen et al. (2011: 328); Borkenhagen and Krupp (2013: 34). ― Illustrations: Heckel (1843: Pl. 6 (fig. 1)); Borkenhagen and Krupp (2013: 38, figs. 23-24).

Status in Türkiye. Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2020). ― Turkish material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Tigris and Euphrates river basins. ― Distribution in river basins: 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― Distribution in river basins: 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Tigris and Euphrates and adjacent basins ( Türkiye, Syria, Iraq, and Iran). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris and Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates. ― Habitat: This species inhabits a very wide range of habitats, from small lowland streams and springs to marshes, lakes, and reservoirs to large and brackish lowland rivers. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: LC (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: While there are many threats in the area, none is strong enough to threaten this ubiquitous species.― Low sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Stable.― Low priority for conservation action.

Carasobarbus sublimus (Coad & Najafpour, 1997) => not occurring in Türkiye (see Çiçek et al., 2020) Cyclocheilichthys kosswigi => Carasobarbus kosswigi Kosswigobarbus kosswigi => Carasobarbus kosswigi Labeobarbus chantrei => Carasobarbus chantrei Labeobarbus kotschyi => Arabibarbus grypus

Systomus alpina => Carasobarbus luteus

Systomus luteus => Carasobarbus luteus

Systomus albus => Carasobarbus luteus

Tor grypus => Arabibarbus grypus

Cyprininae Rafinesque, 1815 (carps)