Capoeta damascina
Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) [N]—Mesopotamian barb Taxonomy. Original description: Gobio damascinus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842: 314, Pl. 482 [Damascus, Syria; lectotype: MNHN 0000-4494. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948: 43].— Iraq synonyms: Scaphiodon fratercula...
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Summary: | Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) [N]—Mesopotamian barb Taxonomy. Original description: Gobio damascinus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842: 314, Pl. 482 [Damascus, Syria; lectotype: MNHN 0000-4494. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948: 43].— Iraq synonyms: Scaphiodon fratercula Heckel, 1843; Scaphiodon socialis Heckel, 1843; Scaphiodon peregrinorum Heckel, 1843; Capoeta syriaca (Valenciennes, 1844); Capoeta kosswigi Karaman, 1969.—Revisions: Alwan et al . (2016: 17).—Illustration: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 366. fig. 17). Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Coad (2010); confirmed by Agha et al . (2023).—Iraq materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates River drainage.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Levant, Mesopotamia, and southeastern Anatolia (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel, and Jordan).— Habitat: This species inhabits a wide range of all kinds of permanent waterbodies at least seasonally with gravel or running water. Freshwater. Economic importance. Locally commercially important. Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, EUT, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action. Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 5357 (1) on page 15, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10012543 |
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