Acanthobrama tricolor
| Acanthobrama tricolor | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Acanthobrama |
| Species: | A. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthobrama tricolor (Lortet, 1883) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Leuciscus tricolor Lortet, 1883 | |
Acanthobrama tricolor, or the Damascus bream,[1] is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemic to Syria and the Golan Heights, and is recently only known two specimens found in the Masil al Fawwar river system in the late 1980s. It has been extirpated from the Barada river system, where it has not been seen since 1908. It is considered Critically Endangered, and may possibly be extinct, but no studies of the river systems in the Golan Heights has been conducted, and it may still survive there, but the lower Barada is now dry, and the middle portions of the river are heavily polluted.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Freyhof, J. (2014). "Acanthobrama microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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