Leuciscus vorax
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
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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NMW
- Material sample ID
- NMW 16527
- Scientific name authorship
- Heckel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Leuciscus
- Species
- vorax
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leuciscus vorax (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.