Published October 17, 2023 | Version v1

Paracobitis zabgawraensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger 2014

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 2. School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 3. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
  • 4. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 6. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany

Description

Paracobitis zabgawraensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 [N]—Great Zab crested loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Paracobitis zabgawraensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014: 33, figs. 23–26 [Erbil Province, Chami Rean River near Ziraran, 36°56.60’N, 44°11.72’E, Iraq; holotype: ZFMK 56827].—Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2014: 34–35, figs. 23–26).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in the original description by Freyhof et al. (2014).—Iraq materials: ZFMK, FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates River.—General distribution: Middle East: Iraq and Turkey.—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with slow to fast-flowing freshwater. 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.

Notes

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 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10012543

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References

  • Esmaeili, H. R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Ozulug, M., Geiger, M. & Freyhof, J. (2014) Three new species of Turcinoemacheilus from Iran and Turkey (teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3), 257 - 273.