Pseudophoxinus drusensis
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
- 3. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 4. Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Türkiye
- 5. Deparment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Description
Pseudophoxinus drusensis (Pellegrin, 1933) [N]—Drusian spring minnow; Lavnunit ha’golan
Taxonomy. Original description: Phoxinellus (Pararhodeus) drusensis Pellegrin, 1933: 368 [Al-Mazra‘a, 32°46‘N, 36°29‘E, Syria; lectotype: MNHN 1932-163; lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider (1989: 375)].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 375).—Illustration: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 376, fig. 23).
Status in Israel. Reported from Israel by Tristram (1884: 175) as Leuciscus zeregi (non Heckel, 1843), and by Steinitz (1953: 213) with question as Phoxinellus zeregi (non Heckel, 1843); first record from Israel by Tortonese (1938) as Phoxinnellus (Pararhodes) drusensis as Pseudophoxinus zeregi drusensis from the Golan Hights; confirmed by Goren (1972, 1974) as Pseudophoxinus zeregi drusensis; Goren & Ortal (1999: 4).—Israel material: HUJ.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: Jordan Valley system. Golan Heights.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Israel and Syria.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species lives in slow-flowing streams and among stones and vegetation in streams and stream pools. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel: Unknown.—IUCN: EN (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, COM, EUT, HAB.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—High priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Pellegrin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pseudophoxinus
- Species
- drusensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudophoxinus drusensis (Pellegrin, 1933) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Sungur, Çapar & Golani, 2023
References
- Pellegrin, J. (1933) Description d'un poisson nouveau de la Syrie meridionale appartenant au genre Phoxinellus. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 2, 5 (5), 368 - 369.
- Krupp, F. & Schneider, W. (1989) The fishes of the Jordan River drainage basin and Azraq Oasis. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 10, 347 - 416.
- Tristram, H. B. (1884) Fauna and Flora of Palestine. The Survey of Western Palestine. London, xxii + 455 pp., xx pls.
- Steinitz, H. (1953) The freshwater fishes of Palestine. An annotated list. Bulletine of the Research Council of Israel, 3 B, 207 - 227.
- Tortonese, E. (1938) Viaggio del dott. Enrico Festa in Palestina e in Siria (1893). Pesci. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Universita di Torino, Series 3, 46 (85), 313 - 358.
- Goren, M. (1972) The populations of Pseudophoxinus zeregi (Heckel) in Israel and Syria and the status of Pseudophoxinus (Pararhodeus) drusensis (Pellegrin) (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 51, 141 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1972. tb 00778. x
- Goren, M. (1974) The freshwater fishes of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 23 (2), 67 - 118, pls. 1 - 4.
- Goren, M. & Ortal, R. (1999) Biogeography, diversity and conservation of the inland water communities in Israel. Biological Conservation, 89, 1 - 9. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / S 0006 - 3207 (98) 00127 - X
- IUCN. (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2022 - 2 Online. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed 12 July 2023)