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 Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829 [N]—Small-scaled terapon Taxonomy. Original description: Terapon puta Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829: 148 [Visakhapatnam, India : holotype : Not known].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Vari (1978: 262).—Illustration: Randall (1995: 152, fig.) . 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: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa , East Africa, Persian Gulf, and Madagascar east to Philippines , south to Western Australia and Queensland ( Australia ); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).—Habitat: This species inhabits coastal and brackish waters. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq : Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.