Fresh Water Fish in the Lower Part of Al-Asaad Lake in Syria

(Deem M. Deeb, Cathrine R. Mansour and Mohamed Mojahed Batal)

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Abstract

Fresh water fish were collected from four stations in the lower part of al-Asaad Lake Reservoir on the Euphrates River from October 2018 to March 2020. 8 families, 19 genus, and 28 species were recorded. Family Bagridae belongs to the genus Mystus, F. Cichlidae belongs to Tilapia, Tristramella. F. Cyprinidae belongs to the genus Acnathobrama, Alburnus, Aspius, Barbus, Chondrostoma, Cyprinus, Cyprinion, Garra, Carassius, Varicorhinus. F. Heteropnneustidae belongs to the genus Heteropneustes, F. Mastacembelidae belongs to Mastacembelus, F. Mugilidae belongs to Liza, F. Siluridae belongs to the genus Silurus, Clarias, and F. Sisoridae belongs to Glyptothorax.

KEYWORDS
Fish, al-Assad lake, Euphrates river, family

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