Barbus lacerta Heckel 1843
Authors/Creators
- 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
Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843 [N]—Lizard barbel
Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843: 1044 [54] [Kueik (Qwaik) River near Aleppo, Syria; lectotype: NMW 54227-1].— Iraq synonyms: Barbus scincus Heckel, 1843; Barbus kosswigi Karaman, 1971.—Revisions: Khaefi et al. (2017a).—Illustration: Heckel (1843: pl. 2., fig. 1); Khaefi et al. (2017a: 102, figs. 6, 7).
Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Heckel (1843).—Iraq materials: Baghdad Natural History Museum.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris River basins (Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq).—Habitat: This species inhabits Mountain and piedmont zones in streams and small rivers with fast, clear, and well oxygenated water and gravel substrate. In lowlands usually most common in small streams and absent from large rivers. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CON, HAB.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status:Decreasing.— Moderate priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Heckel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbus
- Species
- lacerta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843 sec. Çiçek, Jawad, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Mouludi-Saleh, Sungur & Fricke, 2023
References
- Heckel, J. J. (1843) Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung. Stuttgart. Ichthyologie [von Syrien], 1 (pt 2), 991 - 1099.
- Karaman, M. S. (1971) Susswasserfische der Turkei. 8. Teil. Revision der Barben Europas, Vorderasiens und Nordafrikas. Mitteilungen aus dem hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 67, 175 - 254.
- Khaefi, R., Esmaeili, H. R., Geiger, M. F. & Eagderi, S (2017 a) Taxonomic review of the cryptic Barbus lacerta species group with description of a new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa, 2 (2), 90 - 115.