Cyprinion acinaces Banister & Clarke 1977
Authors/Creators
- 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).
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Additional details
Identifiers
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.