Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843
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https://doi.org/ 10.55730/1300-0179.3147 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3D57F-ED73-FFCB-FD5B-FAFF01CFFD24 |
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Felipe |
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Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843 |
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Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL [N] ― Yellowfin barbel/Maya balığı
Taxonomy. Original description: Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843a: 1053 (63) [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 54786 View Materials (1), 54841 (10), 91215 (1, dry)]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: None .
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:?Orontes, Euphrates and Tigris River systems. ― Distribution in river basins: 19-Asi, 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Orontes, Euphrates and Tigris River systems ( Türkiye,
Syria, Iraq, and Iran). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 437-Orontes, 441-Lower Tigris and Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates. ― Habitat: This species inhabits large lowland rivers, lakes, and marshes, and also in reservoirs, from which it migrates to inflowing rivers to spawn. Spawns on gravel substrate in the shallows of large rivers in water depths of 30–150 cm. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Locally commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: VU (IUCN, 2023).― Threats: HAB, CON, ABS, EUT. ― High sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Decreasing. ― High priority for conservation action.
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