Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794)

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 : 23-24

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018856

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794)
status

 

Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794) View in CoL [N]—Zugzug catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus pelusius Solander in Russell, 1794: 210, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Kowick River, Aleppo, Syria; Syntype: BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1)].— Iraq synonyms: Bagrus halepensis Valenciennes, 1840 View in CoL ; Macrones colvillii Günther, 1874 View in CoL ; Mystus halepensis (Valenciennes, 1840) View in CoL .—Revisions: Esmaeili et al. (2022a).—Illustrations: Hamilton (1822: pl. 3, fig. 61) as Pimelodus tengara ; Esmaeili et al. (2022a: 338, fig. 10); Esmaeili et al. (2022a: 339, fig. 11).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Günther (1874).—Iraq materials: Fish collection of the Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates and Tigris River basins.—General distribution: Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris River basins ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species inhabits larger rivers, marshes, reservoirs, and lakes. Feeds on invertebrates and small fish. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Bagridae

Genus

Mystus

Loc

Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794)

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

Macrones colvillii Günther, 1874

Gunther 1874
1874
Loc

Bagrus halepensis

Valenciennes 1840
1840
Loc

Pimelodus tengara

Hamilton 1822
1822
Loc

Silurus pelusius

Solander 1794
1794
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