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
1175-5326
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Oxynoemacheilus gyndes
Freyhof & Abdullah, 2017
[N]—Sirvan loach
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Oxynoemacheilus gyndes
Freyhof & Abdullah, 2017: 74
, figs. 1–5 [Stream Zalm south of Taparezina,
35°18’23”N
,
45°58’14”E
,
Iraq
;
holotype
: ZFMK 103019].—
Iraq
synonyms: None.— Revisions: None.—Illustration:
Freyhof & Abdullah (2017: 74
, figs. 1–5).
Status in
Iraq
.
Recorded from Iraq in the original description by
Freyhof & Abdullah (2017)
.—Iraq materials: ZFMK, FSJF.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Iraq
: Tigris basin.—General distribution: Middle East: upper Sirwan drainage, Tigris basin, Kurdistan (
Iraq
and
Iran
).—Habitat: This species occurs in moderately fast-flowing waters of streams and rivers with mud or gravel substrate and low pollution level. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Iraq
: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High priority for conservation action.