Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843

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 : 17

Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843 [N]—Yellowfin barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843: 1053 [63] [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 54786 (1), 54841 (10), 91215 (1, dry)].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Levin et al. (2012: 544).—Illustration: Esmaeili (2021: 306, fig. 17.7c).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description Heckel (1843).—Iraq materials: NMW.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates and Tigris river systems.—General distribution: sia Minor and Middle East: Orontes, Euphrates, and Tigris river systems ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species is found in large lowland rivers, lakes, and marshes. Also, in reservoirs from which it migrates to inflowing rivers to spawn. Spawns on gravel substrate in shallows of large rivers in water depths of 30–150 cm. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

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