Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843

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Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL View at ENA [N]—Mesopotamian catfish; Sallour

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843a: 1090 View in CoL [100] [Tigris River, near Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: (4) NMW, SMF 2623 (1, dry)].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: Kobayakawa (1989: 174).—Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 13, fig. 1); Esmaeili (2021: 309, fig. 17.12).

Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Beckman (1962: 176); confirmed by Krupp & Schneider (1991b: 73); Ali (2003); Saad et al. (2009).—Syrian material: MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Tigris and Euphrates River basins.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.— Habitat: This species inhabits large rivers, marshes, lakes, and reservoirs. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are many threats in the area affection this species, but none seem to be strong enough to let the species decline so fast, that it qualifies for a threat category.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action.

References

Ali, A. (2003) A study of the qualitative and quantitative composition and biogeographical distribution of fish in the Khabur River Basin. Master Thesis, Tishreen University, Syria. 106 pp.

Beckman, W. C. (1962) The Freshwater Fishes of Syria and their General Biology and Management. FAO, Rome, 297 pp.

Esmaeili, H. R. (2021) Checklist of freshwater fishes of southwestern wetlands of Iran. In: Jawad, L. A. (Ed.), Southern Iraq's Marshes: Their Environment and Conservation. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 295 - 318. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 030 - 66238 - 7 _ 17

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.

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

IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)

Kobayakawa, M. (1989) Systematic revision of the catfish genus Silurus, with description of a new species from Thailand and Burma. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 36 (2), 155 - 186. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02914319

Krupp, F. & Schneider, W. (1991 b) Bestandserfassung der rezenten Fauna im Bereich des Nahr al-Habur. In: Kuhne, H (Hrsg.), Die rezente Umwelt von Tall Seh Hamad und Daten zur Umweltrekonstruktion der assyrischen Stadt Dur-Katlimmu. Berliner Beitra ¨ ge zum Vorderen Orient, Syrische Forschungen, Z. Bibliog.), 1 (No. 40), 69 - 85.

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]