Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Gunther, 1874)

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, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 23-24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B4C9BF-A1A4-4D27-8C30-E4A23DAD01AB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563209

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B4C3C-2E1D-FF97-FF42-F940E00CFEAB

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scientific name

Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi
status

 

Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi View in CoL View at ENA (G̡nther, 1874) [N]—Binni; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus sharpeyi Günther, 1874: 38 View in CoL (3), pl. 9 [Tigris River near Baghdad, Iraq; syntypes:BMNH 1874.4.28.20(1),1874.4.28.27 (1),1875.1.14.16 (1)].—Syrian synonyms:None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Günther (1874: 38 (3), pl. 9) as Barbus sharpeyi View in CoL .

Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Beckman (1962: 112) as Barbus sharpeyi ; confirmed by Ali & Saad (2002); Ali (2003).—Iraq materials: MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Euphrates River system, Al Kahbour.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris River system ( Iraq, Iran, and Syria).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.— Habitat: This species occurs in large rivers, lakes, and marshes, mostly in standing waters and marshes with dense vegetation. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: VU ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, COM, CON, EUT, FIT, HAB.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

SubFamily

Barbinae

Genus

Mesopotamichthys

Loc

Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil 2023
2023
Loc

Barbus sharpeyi Günther, 1874: 38

Gunther 1874: 38
1874
Loc

Barbus sharpeyi

Gunther 1874
1874
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