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Issue: Vol. 5620 No. 1: 8 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.3
Page range: 29-71
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Resolving a 182-year-old taxonomic puzzle: Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany; Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Shahr-e-Kord University, Shahr-e-Kord, Iran; Institut de Biologie Integrative et des Systemes (IBIS), Universite Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
Department of Fisheries, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Shahr-e-Kord University, Shahr-e-Kord, Iran
Plateforme de Bio-informatique de l’IBIS (Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes), Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
Museum Koenig Bonn – Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Beytepe Campus, 06800 Ankara, Türkiye
Freshwater fish Mesopotamia single nucleotide polymorphism morphology taxonomy COI Pisces

Abstract

The species diversity of the genus Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin is revisited by integrating morphological, mitochondrial, and nuclear genomic data. Three species are recognised: Luciobarbus esocinus, L. schejch, and L. subquincunciatus. Barbus rajanorum is a hybrid between L. schejch and Capoeta damascina. Luciobarbus mystaceus described from the Caspian basin, and identified by Heckel (1843) as L. mystaceus from the Tigris and Qweiq are identified as L. schejch. Luciobarbus barbulus is a junior synonym of L. schejch. Luciobarbus kersin and L. schejch are likely conspecific, and as First Revisers, we give priority to L. schejch over L. kersin. The syntypes of L. xanthopterus are identified as hybrids between L. esocinus and L. schejch, the species name xanthopterus is unavailable, and L. xanthopterus was already treated as a synonym of L. schejch. Fishes identified as L. barbulus, L. pectoralis, and L. xanthopterus in the Euphrates and Tigris drainages are all L. schejch. Luciobarbus pectoralis is endemic to the Mediterranean basin. Luciobarbus esocinus and L. schejch cannot be identified by their mtDNA as they have widely hybridised. Luciobarbus schejch hosts two types of mtDNA; few are species-specific, but most individuals have the mtDNA of L. esocinus. The genome-wide SNP data produced for L. esocinus and L. schejch confirms the existence of two genomic clusters (L. esocinus and L. schejch), demonstrating a variable extent of hybridisation between both, and agreeing with their variable morphology.

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Freyhof, J., Segherloo, I.H., Vatandoust, S., Abdollahi-Mousavi, S.E., Normandeau, E., Geiger, M.F. & Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2025) Resolving a 182-year-old taxonomic puzzle: Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5620 (1), 29–71. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.3