Acanthobrama orontis Berg, 1949

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 383

Acanthobrama orontis Berg, 1949 [E] ― Orontes bream/Akçapak

Taxonomy. Original description: Acanthobrama marmid orontis Berg, 1949: 839 [Lake Antioch (Anthioche), Türkiye. syntypes: ZIN 6720 (1)]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: None .

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Berg (1949). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020). ― Turkish material: ZIN.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Asi, Seyhan, and Ceyhan River basins. ― Distribution in river basins: 17-Doğu Akdeniz, 18-Seyhan, 19-Asi, 20-Ceyhan. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Asi Nehri basin (Orontes) (Mediterranean Sea tributary), Hatay Province ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 432-Southern Anatolia, 437-Orontes. ― Habitat: This species inhabits all kinds of water bodies with standing or slowly flowing waters, such as larger streams, rivers, lakes, and channels, as well as moderately polluted water bodies. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: NE (2023). ― Threats: Unknown. ― Moderate sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Unknown. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.

Remarks. The type locality of the species is Lake Antioch, Orontes River basin. However, in recent field trips, it has not been found in the Orontes River. Therefore, it is probably extinct in the Orontes River basin because of the dried up of Amic Lake. Future detailed studies are needed to clarify this hypothesis.