Leuciscus vorax ( Heckel, 1843 )

Freyhof, Jörg, Kaya, Cüneyt & Ali, Atheer, 2021, A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages, Aquatic Ecology Series, Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp. 815-854 : 826

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_35
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15112213
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A78795-FFBD-DC0E-FF01-20A3FD9D2C2F
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scientific name	Leuciscus vorax ( Heckel, 1843 )
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Leuciscus vorax ( Heckel, 1843) View in CoL

Distribution in the area. Endemic. Euphrates and Tigris drainages from Anatolia south to the Shatt Al-Arab.

Notes. This species is frequently reported to occur also in the Orontes River. We are not aware of a confirmed record of L. vorax from the Orontes and treat it as endemic to the Euphrates and Tigris.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Cyprinidae
Genus	Leuciscus

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