Pseudophoxinus drusensis
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
Pseudophoxinus drusensis (Pellegrin, 1933) [N]—Drusian spring minnow; None
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)].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 375).—Illustration: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 376, fig. 23); Freyhof et al. (2020: 166).
Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Pellegrin (1933: 368); subsequently reported by Beckman (1962: 133) as Phoxinellus drusensis.—Syrian material: MNHN.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Al-Mazra’a, Orontes River basin.—Distribution in River Basin: 4- Orontes, 5-Barada & Awaj, 6-Coastal, 7-Al-Yarmouk.—General distribution: Middle East: Israel and Syria.— Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes, 438- Jordan River, 440-Arabian Interior.—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 Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: EN (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, COM, EUT, HAB.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as 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. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 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.
- Beckman, W. C. (1962) The Freshwater Fishes of Syria and their General Biology and Management. FAO, Rome, 297 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)