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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
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Leuciscus vorax
(
Heckel, 1843
)
[N]—Mesopotamian asp
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Aspius vorax
Heckel, 1843: 21
(24), pl. 9 [Heri Rud River near Herat,
Syria
;
holotype
:
syntypes
:
NMW 16527
(1, dry), 76776 (1)].—
Iraq
synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.— Illustration:
Heckel (1843
: pl. 10 (fig. 3)) as
Aspius vorax
.
Status in
Iraq
.
First record from Iraq by
Heckel (1843)
.—Iraq materials: None.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Iraq
: Euphrates and Tigris River basins.—General distribution: Middle East: Orontes, Euphrates and Tigris River basins (
Turkey
,
Iraq
, and
Iran
).—Habitat: This species inhabits large rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Migrates from lakes and reservoirs into inflowing rivers or streams to spawn. Sensitive to pollution. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
Commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation Status in
Iraq
: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: EUT, FIT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.