Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 382

Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843 [N] ― Mesopotamian bream/Akçapak balığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843a: 1075 (85) [Kueik River at Aleppo, Syria; syntypes: NMW 55345-48 (2, 2, 2, 2), 79068 (2); RMNH 2537 (4) Aleppo, 2539 (2) Aleppo; SMF 543 (4) Aleppo]. ― Synonyms: Acanthobrama marmid marmid Heckel, 1843 ; Acanthobrama arrhada Heckel, 1843 ; Acanthobrama cupida Heckel, 1843 ; Acanthobrama marmid morpha elata Berg, 1949. ― Revisions: Goren et al. (1973: 296). ― Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 9, fig. 2).

Status in Türkiye. Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2020). ― Turkish material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Euphrates, Tigris, and Orontes river basins. ― Distribution in river basins: 19-Asi, 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates, Tigris, and Orontes River basins ( Türkiye, Syria, Iraq, and Iran). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 437-Orontes, 441-Lower Tigris and Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates. ― Habitat: This species is very ubiquitous, inhabiting all kinds of lowland water bodies with standing or slowly flowing waters, such as larger streams, rivers, springs, marshes, reservoirs, and lakes, as well as moderately polluted water bodies. Usually absent from fast-flowing and cold mountain streams. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: LC (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: There are many threats throughout the large distribution area of this species, but none is serious enough to impact major parts of the populations. ― Low sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Stable. ― Low priority for conservation action.

Acanthobrama marmid marmid => Acanthobrama marmid Acanthobrama marmid orontis => Acanthobrama orontis