Published October 17, 2023 | Version v1
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Barilius mesopotamicus Berg 1932

  • 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

Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932 [N]—Mesopotamian barilius

Taxonomy. Original description: Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932: 333, fig. 1 [Gawi River, Tigris River basin, 33°20’N, 46°20’E, Iraq; holotype: ZIN 23955].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Bianco & Bănărescu (1982: 76); Liao et al. (2011).—Illustration: Berg (1932: fig. 1).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Berg (1932).—Iraq materials: ZIN.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris and Persis River basins (Turkey, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species inhabits the upper water column close to the surface of small to large rivers with slow to moderate current. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: CLI, CON, ABS, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low 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 pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10012543

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References

  • Berg, L. S. (1932) Eine neue Barilius- Art (Pisces, Cyprinidae) aus Mesopotamien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 100 (11 / 12), 332 - 334.
  • Liao, T. Y., Unlu, E. & Kullander, S. O. (2011) Western boundary of the subfamily Danioninae in Asia (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): derived from the systematic position of Barilius mesopotamicus based on molecular and morphological data. Zootaxa, 2880 (1), 31 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2880.1.3