Pseudophoxinus libani

Pseudophoxinus libani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Pseudophoxinus
Species: P. libani
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus libani
(Lortet, 1883)
Synonyms

Phoxinellus libani Lortet, 1883
Pseudophoxinus kervillei Pellegrin, 1911

Pseudophoxinus libani, also known as the Levantine minnow, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.[2] It is the only endemic fish of Lebanon.[3][4]

It was originally reported in the upper Orontes river by Louis Charles Émile Lortet in 1883. It was considered extinct in 1996 but was found again in 2001, alive and well, swimming around in Lake Yammoune in the Yammoune nature reserve near Yammoune village. Its natural habitats are rivers and inland karsts.[5]) It is potentially affected by overfishing.[4] The Orontes minnow is sometimes considered conspecific by some taxonomic authorities.

References

  1. ↑ IUCN (2016). "Pseudophoxinus libani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pseudophoxinus libani" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. ↑ William Curtis Beckman (1962). The freshwater fishes of Syria and their general biology and management. Fisheries Division, Biology Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 Jaradi, Ghassan Ramasdan., State & Trends of the Lebanese Environment, Chapter 5, Biodiversity and Forests, United Nations Development Programmef for the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment, p. 157, 2010.
  5. ↑ Life Science, Secondary Education , First year. Republic of Lebanon Center for Educational Research and Development. p. 142.


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