Pseudophoxinus libani, Photo: Michael Lahanas
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei
Familia: Leuciscidae
Subfamilia: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species: P. libani
Pseudophoxinus libani, also known as the Levantine minnow, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] It is the only endemic fish of Lebanon.[3][4]
It was originally reported in the upper Orontes river by Louis Charles Émile Lortet in 1883. It was considered extinct in 1996 but was found again in 2001, alive and well, swimming around in Lake Yammoune in the Yammoune nature reserve near Yammoune village. Its natural habitats are rivers and inland karsts.[5]) It is potentially affected by overfishing.[4] The Orontes minnow is sometimes considered conspecific by some taxonomic authorities.
References
Freyhof, J. (2015). "Pseudophoxinus libani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60840A19008721. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T60840A19008721.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudophoxinus libani" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
William Curtis Beckman (1962). The freshwater fishes of Syria and their general biology and management. Fisheries Division, Biology Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
"Jaradi, Ghassan Ramasdan., State & Trends of the Lebanese Environment, Chapter 5, Biodiversity and Forests, United Nations Development Programmef for the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment, p. 157, 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
Life Science, Secondary Education , First year. Republic of Lebanon Center for Educational Research and Development. p. 142.
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