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 273375 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1 6073f32b-c27e-4504-b32f-d3a171422a77 1175-5326 10012543 7CDE221A-1E73-416D-A984-23E64D9451A6 Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) [N]—Greenback mullet Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil subviridis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836: 115 [Ganges River, Malabar, India ; syntypes : MNHN A-3649 (now 1) Mumbai , A-3650 (1) Ganges, A-3651 (1) Puducherry , 1990-0132 (ex MNHN A-3649) (1);?ZMB (ex MNHN) 1834 (1) Mumbai ].— Iraq synonyms: Chelon subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) ; Liza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) .—Revisions: Thomson (1997: 533 as Chelon subviridis ).—Illustration: Harrison & Senou (1999: 2093, fig., as Chelon subviridis ). Status in Iraq . First record from Iraq by Al-Nasiri et al . (1976) ; confirmed by Al-Hassan & Madhi (1987) .—Iraq materials: Fish Collection of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq; Fish collection at the Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq : Persian Gulf watersheds.—General distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and kwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa ), East Africa, Persian Gulf and Socotra ( Yemen ) east to Philippines , Tonga and Samoa , north to southern Japan , south to Shark Bay ( Western Australia ), New South Wales ( Australia ) and New Caledonia .—Habitat: This species inhabits coral reefs and occurs in coastal waters in marine, freshwater, and brackish habitats. It forms schools in shallow coastal waters and enters lagoons, marshes, estuaries, and the lower courses of rivers to feed. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq : Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, COM, EUT, FIT, TOU.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.