Glyptothorax daemon Freyhof, Kaya, Abdullah & Geiger, 2021

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 : 24-25

Glyptothorax daemon Freyhof, Kaya, Abdullah & Geiger, 2021 [N]—Catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Glyptothorax daemon Freyhof, Kaya, Abdullah & Geiger, 2021: 482 , figs. 31–36 [Stream Dilektaşı, 16 km northeast of Yüksekova, Hakkari province, 37.6664, 44.1393, Turkey; holotype: FFR 3928].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Sayyadzadeh et al. (2022, molecular systematics).— Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2021b: 482, figs. 31–36).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Freyhof et al. (2021b).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris and Great Zab River basins.—General distribution: Middle East: upper Tigris and Great Zab River basins, Turkey and Iraq.—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: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.