CHECKLISTS

CHECKLISTS

This list of the Iraqi freshwater fish fauna will be updated as new information becomes available.

1. FRESHWATER SPECIES

The following list includes those species that are permanent residents of fresh water. Species marked by an asterisk (*) are exotics, introduced from another country. Species marked by a circumflex (^) are additions to the fauna - they are not given a full account in my book which went to press before these could be added, or they are exotics not certainly established. The fauna is comprised of 44 native and 13 exotic freshwater species.

Cyprinidae

1. Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843
2. Alburnoides cf. bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
3. Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843
4. Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843
5. Arabibarbus grypus (Heckel, 1843)
6. Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843
7. Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932
8. Caecocypris basimi Banister and Bunni, 1980
9. Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844)
10. Capoeta barroisi (Lortet in Barrois, 1894)
11. Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1842)
12. Capoeta trutta (Heckel, 1843)
13. Carasobarbus kosswigi (Ladiges, 1960)
14. Carasobarbus luteus (Heckel, 1843)
15. *Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
16. Chondrostoma regium (Heckel, 1843)
17. *Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844)
18. Cyprinion kais Heckel, 1843
19. Cyprinion macrostomum Heckel, 1843
20. *Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
21. Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)
22. Garra variabilis (Heckel, 1843)
23. *Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855)
24. Hemigrammocapoeta elegans (Günther, 1868)
25. *Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844)
26. *Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1844).
27. Leuciscus vorax (Heckel, 1843)
28. Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel, 1849)
29. Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843
30. Luciobarbus kersin (Heckel, 1843)
31. Luciobarbus pectoralis (Heckel, 1843)
32. Luciobarbus subquincunciatus (Günther, 1868)
33. Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843
34. Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Günther, 1874)
35. Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
36. Squalius lepidus Heckel, 1843.
37. Typhlogarra widdowsoni Trewavas, 1955

Cobitidae

1. Cobitis cf. taenia Linnaeus, 1758

Balitoridae

1. Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma (Heckel, 1849)
2. Oxynoemacheilus frenatus (Heckel, 1843)
3. Paracobitis cf. malapterura (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846)

Sisoridae

1. Glyptothorax kurdistanicus (Berg, 1931)
2. Glyptothorax steindachneri (Pietschmann, 1913)

Siluridae

1. Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843

Heteropneustidae

1. *Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)

Pangasiidae

1.*^Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)

This record is from: Khamees, N. R., Ali, A. H., Abed, J. M. and Adday, T. K. 2013. First record of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) (Pisces: Pangasiidae) from inland waters of Iraq. Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Special Issue 1):211-224.

Bagridae

1. Mystus pelusius (Solander in Russell, 1794)

Mugilidae

1. Liza abu (Heckel, 1843)

Cyprinodontidae

1. Aphanius dispar (Rüppell, 1829)
2. Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843)
3. ^Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009

Poeciliidae

1. *Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859
2. *Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)

Mastacembelidae

1. Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks and Solander in Russell, 1794)

Cichlidae

1. *^Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) - see Mutlak and Al-Faisal (2009).
2. *^Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
3. *Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)

2. MARINE SPECIES

The following list is of species that enter the Shatt al Arab River and as far inland as the Hammar Marsh. Some used to travel up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to varying degrees but dams and water diversion schemes now prevent more extensive movements. Some of the records below may be or are mis-identifications and are marked with a question mark (?). A total of 25 species are listed here of which 8 are given species accounts in the book and marked by a tilde (~). These marine fishes can be identified with such works as Fischer, W. and Bianchi, G. (Eds.). 1984. FAO Species Identifi cation Sheets for Fishery Purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome. 6 volumes; Murdy, E. O. 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 11:1-93; Thomson, J. M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41(3):457-562; Whitehead, P. J. P. 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Volume 7. Clupeid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei). An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Fisheries Synopsis, 125, volume 7, part 1:x + 1-304; Whitehead, P. J. P., Nelson, G. J. and Wongratana, T. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Volume 7. Clupeid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei). An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings. Part 2 - Engraulididae. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Fisheries Synopsis, 125, volume 7, part 2:viii + 305-579; and others listed in the Iraq Bibliography at this website.

Carcharhinidae

1. ~Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes in Müller and Henle, 1839)

Engraulidae

1. ~Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray, 1835)
2. ?Thryssa mystax (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
3. ~Thryssa whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983

Clupeidae

1. ~?Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795)
2. ~Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

Ariidae

1. ?Arius thalassinus (Rüppell, 1837)
2. Netuma bilineatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
3. Plicofollis layardi (Günther, 1866)

Mugilidae

1. ~Liza klunzingeri (Day, 1888)
2. ?Liza oligolepis (Bleeker, 1859)
3. ~Liza subviridis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836)

Hemiramphidae

1. Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål, 1775)
2. Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847)

Belonidae

1. Strongylura strongylurus (van Hasselt, 1823)

Platycephalidae

1. Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sillaginidae

1. Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)

Sparidae

1. Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775)
2. Acanthopagrus sp.
3. Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

Fish previously identified as Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) have been revised (Iwatsuki, Y. 2013. Review of the Acanthopagrus latus complex (Perciformes: Sparidae) with descriptions of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 83(1):64-95). Two new species (A. arabicus and A. sheim) are described from the Gulf and one or both would be the taxon found also in fresh water.

Sciaenidae

1. Johnius belangerii (Cuvier 1830)
2. Otolithes ruber (Schneider in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Gobiidae

1. Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830)

Scatophagidae

1. Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Stromateidae

1. Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788)
2. Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788)

Soleidae

1. Brachirus orientalis (Schneider in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)