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Pseudophoxinus zeregi

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 zeregi (Heckel, 1843) [N]—Levantine spring minnow; Bakhsoon

Taxonomy. Original description: Phoxinellus zeregi Heckel, 1843a: 1063 [73] [Aleppo, Syria and Turkey; syntypes: NMW 51068-69 (1, 3)].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: Goren (1972: 145) as Phoxinellus zeregi zeregi; Perea et al. (2010: 4).—Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 6, fig. 3) as Phoxinellus zeregi.

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Heckel (1843a: 1064); subsequently reported by Beckman (1962: 138) as Phoxinellus zeregi, Goren (1972: 142); Saad et al. (2009).—Syrian material: BMNH, MCZ, MNHN, NMW, SMNHTAU, MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Orontes and Quwayq river systems.—Distribution in River Basin: 4-Orontes.—General distribution:Asia Minor and Middle East: Orontes and Quwayq river systems (Syria and Turkey).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes.—Habitat: This species is a riverine species. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, COM, HAB.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—High priority for conservation action.

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 pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10129772

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Heckel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Pseudophoxinus
Species
zeregi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudophoxinus zeregi (Heckel, 1843) sec. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 2023

References

  • Heckel, J. J. (1843 a) Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer R ¸ cksicht 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), pp. 991 - 1099.
  • 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
  • Perea, S., Bohme, M., Zupancic, P., Freyhof, J., Sanda, R., Ozulug, M., Abdoli, A. & Doadrio, I. (2010) Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical patterns in circum-Mediterranean subfamily Leuciscinae (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) inferred from both mitochondrial and nuclear data. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10 (265), 1 - 27. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / 1471 - 2148 - 10 - 265
  • Heckel, J. J. (1843 b) Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Fische Syriens, nebst einer neuen Classification und Characteristik sammtlicher Gattungen der Cyprinen In: Fenzl, E., Heckel, J. J. & Redtenbenher, L. (Eds.), Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und seletner Thiere und Pflanzen in Syrien und im westlichen Taurus gesammelt von Th. Kotschy. 1 (2). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, pp. 991 - 1044, pls. 1 - 13. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14055
  • Beckman, W. C. (1962) The Freshwater Fishes of Syria and their General Biology and Management. FAO, Rome, 297 pp.
  • Saad, A., Khalaf, G., Alzein, G., Abdellatif, A., Sabour, W., Alhawi, I. & Hammoud, N. (2009) An updated check list of Fish in the Orontes River Basin within Syria and Lebanon. Final report of the joint Lebanese-Syrian scientific research project, Contract No. 119 of 2006. s. n., s. l., 62 pp. [in Arabic with an English summary]
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)