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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Chondrostoma: Greek, chondros = cartilage + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335). Name referring to the characteristic horny layer on the lower lip (Ref. 57917).
More on author: Heckel.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: Southern Anatolia, Turkey and Near East. Found in Lake Beysehir and river basins of Göksu, Seyhan, Ceyhan, Kueik, Orontes (Mediterranean Sea) and Tigris-Euphrates (Persian Gulf).

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 109283); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 109283)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14; Vertebrae: 46 - 49.

Inhabits rivers and lakes including reservoirs in Iraq. Prefers stone grounds and still waters in river and lakes in Turkey. Feeds on insect larvae, and eggs and fry of fishes as well as diatoms and algae (Ref. 109283).

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Coad, B.W., 2010. Freshwater fishes of Iraq. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 93. Pensoft Publishers, Moscow. 274pp. (Ref. 109283)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 March 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Chondrostoma regium (Heckel, 1843)