Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023
Author
Saad, Adib
0000-0001-6393-2836
Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6393 - 2836
Author
Çiçek, Erdoğan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
Author
Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
0000-0002-9736-397X
Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X
Author
Fricke, Ronald
0000-0003-1476-6990
Staatliches Museum f ¸ r Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1476 - 6990
Author
Sungur, Sevil
0000-0003-4018-6375
Health Services Vocational School, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4018 - 6375
Author
Eagderi, Soheil
0000-0001-6393-2836
Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6393 - 2836 & Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1134 - 0356 * Corresponding author: erdogancicek 50 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5334 - 5737 & Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6393 - 2836
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-22
5350
1
1
62
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1
journal article
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Cobitis elazigensis
Coad & Sarieyy
̡poglu, 1988
[N]—Tigris spined loach; Tinia
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Cobitis elazigensis
Coad & Sarieyyüpoglu, 1988: 426
, figs. 1-2 [creek at Cip, drainage of Murat Nehri, tributary of Euphrates River,
Elazig Province
,
Turkey
,
38°42’N
,
39°05’E
;
holotype
: NMC 85-0679A].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: Freyhof
et al.
(2018: 16).—Illustration:
Coad & Sarieyyüpoglu (1988
: figs. 1-2).
Status in
Syria
.
Recorded from Syria by
Coad (2010: 202)
as
Cobitis taenia
(non
Linnaeus, 1758
) (see Freyhof
et al.
2018: 16).—Syrian material: None.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Syria
: Euphrates River. We sampled from Turkish part of the border in Karkamýþ Dam Lake.—Distribution in River Basin: 2-Euphrates &
Aleppo
.—General distribution:
Asia Minor
and Middle East: Upper Euphrates River basin in
Turkey
,
Iran
and
Syria
.—441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.—Habitat: This species lives in streams and lakes with sand or fine gravel bottoms. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Syria
: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (
IUCN 2023
).—Threats: This species seems to have a very large population in Atatürk reservoir and its tributaries, and maybe reservoirs in
Syria
, where no threats are obvious. Elsewhere it is locally found in lowland streams and small rivers where pollution and water abstraction are a threat. The loss of stream populations is suspected to be balanced by reservoir populations.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.— Moderate priority for conservation action.