Pseudophoxinus syriacus (Lortet, 1883:168)
Barada Spring minnow
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Rhodeus syriacus Lortet, 1883:168 (original combination)
This species may be synonymous with P. drusensis, which would mean that it is definitely extant (Freyhof, 2026).
Conservation Status
Missing (Freyhof, 2014a,b, 2026; Freyhof et al., 2025:385)
Last record: 2008 (Freyhof, 2014a,b, 2026; Freyhof et al., 2025:385)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Damascus basin, Syria
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lortet, L. (1883). Etudes zoologiques sur la faune du Lac de Tiberiade. Poissons et Reptiles du lac de Tibériade de de Quelques Autres Parties de la Syrie. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Lyon 3: 99-194, plates vi-xix.
Other references:
Bogutskaya, N. (2006). Pseudophoxinus syriacus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61281A12447815. Accessed on 25 July 2026.
El Zein, G. (2003). L'ichtyofaune du lac de Karaoun dans le bassin supérieur du Litani au Liban. Cybium 27: 74–75.
Freyhof, J. (2014a). Pseudophoxinus syriacus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 15 March 2015.
Freyhof, J. (2014b). Pseudophoxinus syriacus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T61281A19009764. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T61281A19009764.en. Accessed on 07 July 2022.
Freyhof, J. (2026). Pseudophoxinus syriacus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T61281A135102296. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T61281A135102296.en. Accessed on 25 July 2026.
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.
Krupp, F. (1985). Systematik und Zoogeographie der Süsswasserfische des levantinischen Grabenbruchsystems und der Ostküste des Mittelmeers. Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg Universität.
Smith, K. G., Barrios, V., Darwall, W. R. T and Numa, C. (2014). The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean. Cambridge, UK, Malaga, Spain and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.