Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563126
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scientific name	Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
status

Treatment

Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 [N]—Spined loach; Tinia

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018: 48 , figs. 36-38 [Karasu River about 4 km south of Kýrýkhan, Hatay province, Turkey; holotype: ZFMK ICH-98633 ].—Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2018: figs. 36-38) .

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in the original description by Freyhof et al. (2018: 48). Previously Cobitis taenia was reported from the Orontes River by Beckman (1962: 69) and ( Saad et al., 2006; 2009) most likely, these records refer to C. anabelae .—Syrian material: BMNH, ZFMK ICH, FSJF, MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Orontes River drainage.—Distribution in River Basin: 4-Orontes.— General distribution: Asia Minor: lower reaches of the Orontes River drainage.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes.—Habitat: This species lives in streams and lakes with clear water and bottoms with sand or fine gravel. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats:Unknown.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High priority for conservation action.