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Antakya minnow

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Antakya minnow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. caudomaculata
Binomial name
Garra caudomaculata
(Battalgil, 1942)
Synonyms[2]
  • Crossocheilus caudomaculatus
  • Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculata

The Antakya minnow or Orontes golden barb,[1] (Garra caudomaculata) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra. There is some confusion regarding the identity of this fish. Formerly thought to be extinct, when occupying the Orontes watershed in Turkey,[3] however a synonym, Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculata is identified as least concern by the IUCN,[1] and is found in the Asi drainage (Asi is synonymous with Orontes) in Turkey and Syria and Nahr al-Kabir river on the border between Syria and Lebanon, and called the Asi golden barb.[1] They are now considered to be the same species.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Freyhof, J. (2014). "Garra caudomaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T60763A19008158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T60763A19008158.en. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2022). "Crossocheilus caudomaculatus (Battalgil, 1942)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garra caudomaculata". FishBase. February 2024 version.