Glyptothorax kurdistanicus ( Berg, 1931 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 25

Glyptothorax kurdistanicus ( Berg, 1931) [N]—Mesopotamian sucking catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Glyptosternum kurdistanicus Berg, 1931: 384 [Serdesht, at Little Zab (36°N), River Bané basin, Iran, elevation 1500 meters; holotype: ZIN 20780 ].—Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Freyhof et al. (2021: 472); Sayyadzadeh et al. (2022, molecular systematics).— Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2021: 473, fig. 18) .

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Berg, 1931; confirmed by Jawad et al. (2009) (Garraf River a branch of Euphrates River).—Iraq materials: Fish Collection of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris River basin ( Turkey, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: All species of this genus in the Middle East inhabit fast-running sections of streams and rivers. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: DD (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CON, HAB.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.