Carasobarbus doadrioi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Kaya, Vatandoust & Ghanavi, 2024

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 149-151

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819789

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scientific name

Carasobarbus doadrioi
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Carasobarbus doadrioi

Common name. Karun kiss-lip himri.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Carasobarbus in Persian Gulf and Mediterranean basins by: ● 40−44 total lateral-line scales / ○ well-developed median lobe on lower lip / ● prominent black blotch on posterior caudal peduncle in individuals smaller than 85 mm SL / ○ two pairs of barbels / ○ head length 22−25 % SL / ○ dorsal fin height 19−26 % SL / ○ distance between pelvic and anal fins 24−25 % SL. Size up to 200 mm SL.

Distribution. Iran and Iraq: Upper Tigris and Karun.

Habitat. Poorly known; seem to inhabit deep, summer-warm mountain river stretches with fast-flowing water and gravel bottoms.

Carasobarbus doadrioi ; Karun, Iran; ~ 150 mm SL. Carasobarbus exulatus ; Wadi al Khun, Yemen; 69 mm SL. © F. Krupp.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. VU.

Further reading. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2024 (description).

Carasobarbus exulatus ; Wadi Hadhramaut, Yemen; 212 mm SL. © F. Krupp.

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