Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023
Author
Çiçek, Erdoğan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
Author
Jawad, Laith
School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Author
Eagderi, Soheil
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Author
Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Author
Mouludi-Saleh, Atta
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Author
Sungur, Sevil
Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
Author
Fricke, Ronald
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-10-17
5357
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1
49
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
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Caecocypris basimi
Banister & Bunni, 1980
[E]—Haditha cavefish
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Caecocypris basimi
Banister & Bunni, 1980: 151
, figs. 1–5 [Natural well in the Sheik Hadid sink hole, outskirts of Haditha, Euphrates River system,
Al Anbar Province
,
34°04’N
,
42°24’E
,
Iraq
;
holotype
:BMNH 1979.8.3.1].—
Iraq
synonyms:None.—Revisions:Proudlove (2006:65).—Illustration:
Banister & Bunni (1980: 151
, figs. 1–5).
Status in
Iraq
.
Recorded from Iraq in original description by
Banister & Bunni (1980)
.—Iraq materials: BMNH.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Iraq
: Euphrates River drainage.—General distribution: Euphrates River system,
Iraq
.—Habitat: This species is A cave-dwelling species. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Iraq
:Unknown.—IUCN:CR (IUCN 2023).—Threats:HAB.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High priority for conservation action.