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 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-17 5357 1 1 49 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1 1175-5326 10012543 7CDE221A-1E73-416D-A984-23E64D9451A6 Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 [N]—Mud skipper Taxonomy. Original description: Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837: 207 , Pl. 354 [ Mumbai , India : holotype (unique): MNHN A-1468].— Iraq synonyms: None .—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1837: 207 , pl. 354). Status in Iraq . First record from Iraq by Mohamed & Abood (2017a) .—Iraq materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq : Shatt al-Arab River.—General distribution: Northwest Indian Ocean: East coast of Africa, Persian Gulf and Oman east to India . Occurrence in Indonesia and Mauritius needs verification.—Habitat: This species is a demersal, amphidromous, and amphibious species that inhabits the marine, brackish, and estuarine waters of intertidal mudflats. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq : Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are no major threats known to impact this species at a global scale.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.