Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel, 1843
Long-spine bream
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Freyhof et al., 2025; Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026)
Last record: early 20th century (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026); 1977 (Freyhof et al., 2014:29)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Amik Lake (Turkey) & al-Gab Lake (Syria)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
MNHN 1977-0295 (1 fish)
MNHN 1977-0266 (7 fish)
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Media
References
Original scientific description:
Heckel, J. J. (1843). Ichthyologie. In: Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. (, ed.): 990-1099.
Other references:
Bogutskaya, N. G. (1997). Contribution to the knowledge of leuciscine fishes of Asia Minor. Part 2. An annotated check-list of leuciscine fishes (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) of Turkey with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 94: 161-186.
Coad, B. W. (1984). Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel and the validity of the genus Mirogrex Goren, Fishelson and Trewavas (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae). Hydrobiologia 109: 275-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007745
Freyhof, J. (2014a). Acanthobrama centisquama. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 15 March 2015.
Freyhof, J. (2014b). Acanthobrama centisquama. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T60633A19007615. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T60633A19007615.en. Accessed on 06 July 2022.
Jörg Freyhof, F. Güler Ekmekçi, Atheer Ali, Najim R. Khamees, Müfit Özuluğ, Nashat Hamidan, Fahrettin Küçük and Kevin G. Smith. (2014). Freshwater Fishes, pp. 19-42. In: Smith, K. G., Barrios, V., Darwall, W. R. T. and Numa, C. (eds.). The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Cambridge, UK, Malaga, Spain and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. xiv + 132 pp.
Freyhof, J. and Özulug, M. (2014). Acanthobrama thisbeae, a new species of bream from southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1): 1-10.
Freyhof, J. and Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2026). Acanthobrama centisquama. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T60633A135066099. Accessed on 22 July 2026.
Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash and Kaya, Cüneyt. (2025). Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 [pp. 29, 274-275]
Krupp, F. (1987). Freshwater Ichthyogeography of the Levant. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Reihe A 28: 229-237.
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