Antakya minnow

The Antakya minnow (Crossocheilus caudomaculatus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Crossocheilus. There is some confusion regarding the identity of this fish. Fishbase identifies the species as extinct, formerly occupying the Orontes watershed in Turkey[2], however a synonym, Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculata is identified as least concern by the IUCN, and is found in the Asi drainage in Turkey and Syria and Nahr al-Kabir at the border between Syria and Lebanon, and called the Asi golden barb. They may be distinct species.

Antakya minnow

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Crossocheilus
Species:
C. caudomaculatus
Binomial name
Crossocheilus caudomaculatus
(Battalgil, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculata
  • Garra caudomaculata

References
  1. Freyhof, J. 2014. Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T60763A19008158. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T60763A19008158.en. Downloaded on 03 April 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Crossocheilus caudomaculatus" in FishBase. October 2016 version.
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