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A critical checklist of the inland fishes native to the Euphrates and Tigris drainages
Freyhof, J., Kaya, C. and Ali, A.
Record Number:
5486
Year:
2021
Pages:
815-854
Editor:
Jawad, L.A.
Book Title:
Tigris and Euphrates rivers: Their environment from headwaters to mouth
Abstract:
The fishes of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers are reviewed and 244 species from
59 families are recognized. From these, 130 are coastal species, many just entering
the lower Shatt Al-Arab during salt water intrusion. Additional 116 species are
anadromous (Tenualosa ilisha) or restricted to freshwaters including one species
(Aphaniops stoliczkanus) found in freshwater, brackish water, and marine habitats.
Three families (Cyprinidae: 32 species, Leuciscidae: 21 species, Nemacheilidae:
39 species) dominate the freshwater fish fauna. The largest genus is
Oxynoemacheilus with 26 species in the area. Endemic to the Euphrates and Tigris
are 90 species (81%) of freshwater species. Most non-endemic freshwater species
occur also in the Iranian rivers of the Gulf, while six species are shared with the
Mediterranean and one each with the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea basins.
Times Cited:
7
Relevent Species:
Caecocypris basimi Banister and Bunni 1980Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood 1976) Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati and Freyhof 2016Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim and Geiger 2016Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser 1944) Farashi, Kaboli, Rezaei, Naghavi, Rahimian and Coad 2014Garra lorestanensis Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi 2016Garra widdowsoni (Trewavas 1955) Hamidan, Geiger and Freyhof 2014Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Savet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi 2016