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Cyprinion acinaces Banister & Clarke 1977

  • 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 2. Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan

Description

9. Cyprinion acinaces Banister & Clarke, 1977 ―Arabian Lotak― Endemic

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinion acinaces Banister & Clarke, 1977:123, fig. 13; Pls. 2, 5, 6 [Qasam area, Wadi Hadramut, southern Yemen; Holotype: BMNH 1976.4.7.1]. Synonyms: Cyprinion acinaces hijazi Krupp, 1983.

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Banister & Clarke (1977); confirmed by Alkahem & Behnke (1983); Krupp (1983); Krupp (1985); Borkenhagen & Krupp (2013), Hamidan & Shobrak (2019), and Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Western Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Habitat: freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen: Wadi Ḩaḑramawt drainage; Saudi Arabia: Wadis Hediyah, Sulayma, Ain al-Hammah and Wadis near Jaddah, (Freyhof et al. 2020).

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).

Notes

Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 208, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Material sample ID
1976.4.7.1
Scientific name authorship
Banister & Clarke
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Cyprinion
Species
acinaces
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Cyprinion acinaces Banister, 1977 sec. Esmaeili & Hamidan, 2023

References

  • Banister, K. E. & Clarke, M. A. (1977) The freshwater fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. In: The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Journal of Oman Studies, Special Report, 1977, 111 - 154.
  • Krupp, F. (1983) Freshwater fishes of Saudi Arabia and adjacent regions of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 5, 568 - 636.
  • Alkahem, H. F. & Behnke, R. J. (1983) Freshwater fishes of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia, 5, 545 - 567.
  • Borkenhagen, K. & Krupp, F. (2013) Taxonomic revision of the genus Carasobarbus Karaman, 1971 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys, 339, 1 - 53. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 339.4903
  • Hamidan, N. A. F. & Shobrak, M. (2019) An update on freshwater fishes of Saudi Arabia. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences, 12 (4), 495 - 502.
  • Freyhof, J., Feulner, G. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Krupp, F. (2020) Freshwater fishes Fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Motivate Media Group, Dubia, 272 pp.