| Citation | Coad, B.W., 2009, A new species of tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus, from Iran and Iraq (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae).. Zookeys 31:149-163. |
| Ref. | 83325 Coad, B.W., 2009 |
| Page | 150 |
| Named Used as Valid | Aphanius mesopotamicus |
| Comment | max lengths; common name; |
| Locality | Iran, southern Karkheh River basin (but has not been collected since 1978). |
| Distribution | Asia: Iran (southern Karkheh River basin); Iraq (Qarmat `Ali at the northern part of Basrah on the Shatt al Arab, the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers & has not been collected since the early 1980s). |
| Quote | Two localities, a 25 m wide river and a 30 m wide canal branching from that river (with muddy bottom and principal plant materials were rushes and reeds while the canal had also muddy bottom but the principal plant materials were filamentous green algae); max. lengths: male 2.4 cm SL; female 2.9 cm SL; Mesopotamian tooth-carp; |