Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794)

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 : 28

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scientific name	Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794)
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Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794) View in CoL [N]—Mesopotamian spiny eel

Taxonomy. Original description: Ophidium mastacembelus Banks & Solander in Russell, 1794: 209, Pl. 6 [locality unknown; no types known].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Gholamhosseini et al. (2022).—Illustration: Banks & Solander in Russell (1794: 209, pl. 6).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Mahdi (1962); confirmed by Jawad et al. (2016).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris and Euphrates River drainages.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris River, Kor River, and Persian Gulf basins ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species inhabits a wide range of habitats, from reservoirs and large rivers to small mountain streams. Often very abundant in rapids and riffles. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: EUT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Moderate priority for conservation action.

References

Gholamhosseini, A., Razbanian, M., Esmaeili, H. R. & Eagderi, S. (2022) Molecular systematics and morphological variation in the Mesopotamian spiny eel Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae). The European Zoological Journal, 89 (1), 546 - 555. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 24750263.2022.2057604

Russell, A. (1794) Natural History of Aleppo. 2 nd Edition. Revised by P. Russell. Vol. 2. Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, London, vii + 430 + xxxiv + 26 pp., index, pls. 1 - 16.