Published September 22, 2023 | Version v1

Carassius gibelio

  • 1. Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria.
  • 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
  • 3. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 4. Staatliches Museum f ¸ r Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
  • 6. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

Description

Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) [I]—Gibel carp; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus gibelio Bloch, 1782: 71, pl. 12 [Olsche River pond, Odra River system, near Czech Teschen, 49°47’11”N, 18°35’24”E, Czech Republic; neotype: ZMB 33979].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Jawad et al. (2012).

Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Barakat et al. (2020).—Syria materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Introduced to somewhere.—Distribution in River Basin: 6- Coastal.—General distribution: Eurasia: Eastern Europe, Russia to northeastern China; introduced elsewhere.— Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant.—Habitat: This species inhabits rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and ditches with stagnant or slow-flowing water. It occurs in eutrophic fresh and brackish waters, well-vegetated ponds, and canals. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Unknown: Inadvertently introduced by transboundary waterways for no known reason or method.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Notes

Published as part of Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5350 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10129772

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMB
Material sample ID
ZMB 33979
Scientific name authorship
Bloch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Carassius
Species
gibelio
Taxon rank
species
Type status
neotype
Taxonomic concept label
Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) sec. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 2023

References

  • Jawad, L. A., Al-Faisal, A. & Al-Mukhtar, M. (2012) Presence of the non-indigenous fish species, Gibel carp, Carassius gibelio (Family: Cyprinidae) in Basrah Province freshwater systems, Iraq. Water Research and Management, 2 (4), 41 - 44.
  • Barakat, I., Saad, A., Ali, A. & Chaikho, T. (2020) Specific Composition of Fauna Fishes in the Lower Part of Alkabir Alshimali River (Latakia). Syrian Journal of Agricultural Research, 7 (1), 351 - 366.