Silurus triostegus 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 : 26

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scientific name	Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843
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Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL [N]—Mesopotamian catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843: 1090 View in CoL [100] [Tigris River, near Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: (4) NMW, SMF 2623 (ex NMW in 1844) (1, dry)].— Iraq synonyms: Parasilurus triostegus ( Heckel, 1843) .—Revisions: Coad & Holčík (2000: 139).—Illustration: Heckel (1843, pl. 13, fig. 1); Esmaeili (2021: 309, fig. 17.12).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Heckel (1843).—Iraq materials: NMW, SMF, Fish Collection of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris and Euphrates River basins.—General distribution: Middle East: Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.—Habitat: This species inhabits large rivers, marshes, lakes, and reservoirs. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: 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

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.