Freshwater Fish Species in Tigris [Turkey and Iraq]

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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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Page generated June 30, 2003 from Fishbase.org. Page created by: Jen, 15.11.01, last modified by Jen, 27.02.02.