Glyptothorax kurdistanicus (Berg, 1931)
Kordestan sucking catfish, Mesopotamian sucking catfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Glyptosternum kurdistanicum Berg, 1931
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 2008 or before
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Iran & Kurdistan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Berg, L. (1931). Description of a new siluroid fish, Glyptosternum kurdistanicum from the basin of the Tigris River. Izvestiya Akad. Nauk SSSR 7: 1267-1270 (in English).
Other references:
Al-Daham, N. K., 1982: The ichthyofauna of Iraq and the Arab Gulf: a check-list. Publ. Basrah Nat. Hist. Mus. 4: 1-102.
Al-Nasiri, S. K.; Hoda, S. M. S., 1976: A guide to the freshwater fishes of Iraq, Vol. 1. Basrah Natural History Museum Publication, Basrah, xii + 124 pp.
Al-Rawi, A. H.; Al-Obaidi, S.; Jawdat, S. Z., 1978: A list of fishes collected from the Little Zab River in Iraq: 1. Bull. Biol. Res. Cent., Baghdad 10: 3-12.
Burgess, W. E. (1989). An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Coad, B. W. 2010. Freshwater fishes of Iraq. Pensoft.
Coad, B.W. 2012. Freshwater Fishes of Iran. Available at: http://www.briancoad.com/Species%20Accounts/Contents%20new.htm
Esmaeili, Hamid Reza et al. (2018). Checklist of freshwater fishes of Iran. FishTaxa 3(3): 1-95.
Jawad, L. A. et al. (2009). Glyptothorax kurdistanicus (Berg, 1931) (Pisces, Siluriformes, Sisoridae) in the lower reaches of the Tigris River, Iraq? J. Appl. Ichthyol. 25: 779-781.
Khalaf, K. T., 1961: The marine and freshwater fishes of Iraq. ArRabitta Press, Baghdad, 164 pp.
Mahdi, N.; Georg, P. V., 1969: A systematic list of the vertebrates of Iraq. Iraq Nat. Hist. Mus. Publ., Baghdad 26, 1–104.
Thompson, A. W.; Page, L. M., 2006: Genera of the Asian catfish families Sissoridae and Erthistidae (teleostei: Siluriformis). Zootaxa 1345: 1-961.