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
1
1
49
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
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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.