Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel 1843
Authors/Creators
- 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
Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843 [N]—Pike barbel; None
Taxonomy. Original description: Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843: 1054 [64] [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 54088 (2), 54091-92 (1, 1); SMF 454 (ex NMW) (1), 6785 (ex NMW) (1)].—Syrian synonyms: Barbus esocinus (Heckel, 1843).—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Heckel (1843: Pl. 4, fig. 2).
Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Beckman (1962: 100) as Barbus esocinus; confirmed by Ali (2003).— Syrian materials: MSL.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Euphrates and Tigris River basins.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris river systems (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.—Habitat: This species occurs in large rivers and reservoirs; from which they migrate to inflowing rivers to spawn. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: VU (IUCN 2023).—Threats: FIT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—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
- Luciobarbus
- Species
- esocinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843 sec. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 2023
References
- Beckman, W. C. (1962) The Freshwater Fishes of Syria and their General Biology and Management. FAO, Rome, 297 pp.
- Ali, A. (2003) A study of the qualitative and quantitative composition and biogeographical distribution of fish in the Khabur River Basin. Master Thesis, Tishreen University, Syria. 106 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)