Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 16

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scientific name	Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843
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Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL [N]—Pike barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843: 1054 View in CoL [64] [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 54088 (2), 54091-92 (1, 1); SMF 454 (ex NMW) (1), 6785 (ex NMW) (1)].— Iraq synonyms: Barbus esocinus ( Heckel, 1843) View in CoL .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Heckel (1843: pl. 4, fig. 2); Esmaeili (2021: 307, fig. 17.9).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Heckel (1843).—Iraq materials: NMW.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates and Tigris River basins.—General distribution: Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris river systems ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species occurs in large rivers and reservoirs from which they migrate to inflowing rivers to spawn. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: VU (IUCN 2023).—Threats: FIT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—High priority for conservation action.

References

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) Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer Rucksicht 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), 991 - 1099.