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 Glyptothorax steindachneri ( Pietschmann, 1913 ) [N]—Steindachner’s cat Taxonomy. Original description: Glyptosternum steindachneri Pietschmann, 1913: 93 [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq ; syntypes : (2, NMW ?)].—Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Freyhof et al . (2021: 479); Sayyadzadeh et al . (2022, molecular systematics).—Illustration: Freyhof et al . (2021: 480, fig. 28) . Status in Iraq . Recorded from Iraq in original description by Pietschmann (1913) .—Iraq materials: NMW. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq : Tigris and Euphrates River basins.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris and Euphrates River basins, Iraq , Syria , and Turkey .—Habitat: All species of this genus in the Middle East inhabit fast-running sections of streams and rivers. Freshwater. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq : Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.