Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932

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 : 18-19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7CDE221A-1E73-416D-A984-23E64D9451A6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018809

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D65887E4-FFBA-FF97-98C8-D0A7FE23FF39

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Plazi

scientific name

Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932
status

 

Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932 View in CoL [N]—Mesopotamian barilius

Taxonomy. Original description: Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932: 333 View in CoL , fig. 1 [Gawi River, Tigris River basin, 33°20’N, 46°20’E, Iraq; holotype: ZIN 23955].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Bianco & Bănărescu (1982: 76); Liao et al. (2011).—Illustration: Berg (1932: fig. 1).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Berg (1932).—Iraq materials: ZIN.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris and Persis River basins ( Turkey, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species inhabits the upper water column close to the surface of small to large rivers with slow to moderate current. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: CLI, CON, ABS, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Barilius

Loc

Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald 2023
2023
Loc

Barilius mesopotamicus

Berg 1932: 333
1932
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