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Fish Species in Tigris Rises in a lake in the mountains of Kurdistan, Turkey; flows SSE through Baghdad, Iraq; unites with the Euphrates in SE Iraq to form the Shatt-al-Arab. Its tributaries include the Great Zab, Little Zab, and Diyala (Ref. 6318). | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=81] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Acanthobrama marmid | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Alburnoides bipunctatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Alburnus akili | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Alburnus caeruleus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Alburnus heckeli | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Alburnus sellal | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Ameiurus nebulosus | Ictaluridae | demersal | 55 TL | 3.4 | introduced |
| Aphanius asquamatus | Cyprinodontidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Aphanius dispar dispar | Cyprinodontidae | demersal | 7 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Aphanius mento | Cyprinodontidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Aphanius sophiae | Cyprinodontidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Aphanius vladykovi | Cyprinodontidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Aspius vorax | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 100 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus esocinus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 200 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Barbus grypus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus kersin | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus kosswigi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus lacerta cyri | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 38 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus luteus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus mystaceus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus pectoralis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus sharpeyi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus sublimus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Barbus subquincunciatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus xanthopterus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barilius mesopotamicus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Boleophthalmus dussumieri | Gobiidae | demersal | 19 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Caecocypris basimi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Capoeta aculeata | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 43 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Capoeta barroisi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 43 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Capoeta capoeta | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 41 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Capoeta damascina | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 50 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Capoeta trutta | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 43 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Carassius auratus auratus | Cyprinidae | demersal | 59 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Carcharhinus leucas | Carcharhinidae | demersal | 350 TL | 4.3 | native |
| Chalcalburnus mossulensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 40 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Chondrostoma regium | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 28 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Cobitis elazigensis | Cobitidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Cobitis kellei | Cobitidae | demersal | 6 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Cobitis taenia taenia | Cobitidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Ctenopharyngodon idellus | Cyprinidae | demersal | 150 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Cyprinion kais | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Cyprinion macrostomus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Esox lucius | Esocidae | demersal | 150 TL | 4.5 | introduced |
| Garra rufa | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Garra variabilis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Glossogobius giuris | Gobiidae | demersal | 61 TL | 4.3 | native |
| Glyptothorax armeniacus | Sisoridae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Glyptothorax cous | Sisoridae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Glyptothorax kurdistanicus | Sisoridae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Glyptothorax silviae | Sisoridae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.1 | endemic |
| Glyptothorax steindachneri | Sisoridae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Hemigrammocapoeta elegans | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Heteropneustes fossilis | Heteropneustidae | demersal | 30 TL | 3.9 | introduced |
| Iranocypris typhlops | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Leuciscus cephalus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 60 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Leuciscus kurui | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 105 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Leuciscus lepidus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 29 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Liza abu | Mugilidae | pelagic | 20 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Mastacembelus mastacembelus | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 68 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Micropterus salmoides | Centrarchidae | benthopelagic | 97 TL | 3.8 | introduced |
| Mugil cephalus | Mugilidae | benthopelagic | 147 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Mystus pelusius | Bagridae | demersal | 22 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Nemacheilus angorae | Balitoridae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Nemacheilus hamwii | Balitoridae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae | benthopelagic | 120 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Oreochromis niloticus niloticus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 74 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Orthrias frenatus | Balitoridae | demersal | 9 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Orthrias kermanshahensis | Balitoridae | demersal | 8 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Orthrias tigris | Balitoridae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Paracobitis smithi | Balitoridae | demersal | 12 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Periophthalmus waltoni | Gobiidae | demersal | 15 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Salmo trutta trutta | Salmonidae | pelagic | 171 TL | 3.3 | introduced |
| Sander lucioperca | Percidae | pelagic | 130 TL | 4.3 | introduced |
| Schistura bampurensis | Balitoridae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Silurus glanis | Siluridae | demersal | 500 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Silurus triostegus | Siluridae | demersal | 147 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Tenualosa ilisha | Clupeidae | pelagic | 74 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Tilapia zillii | Cichlidae | demersal | 49 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi | Balitoridae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Typhlogarra widdowsoni | Cyprinidae | demersal | 24 TL | 3.0 | native |
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