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A new natural intergeneric cyprinid hybrid from the Jordan River drainage, with a key to the large barbine cyprinids of the southern Levant
Author(s) -
Mir S.,
AlAbsy A.,
Krupp F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1988.tb05436.x
Subject(s) - biology , barbus , fishery , cyprinidae , key (lock) , southern levant , drainage basin , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , archaeology , geography , cartography , bronze age
In Ain al‐Qunaiya. an isolated source within the Jordan River drainage basin of Jordan, several fishes were found to have characters intermediate between two cyprinid species. Barbus canis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes. 1842 and Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes. 1842). The hypothesis of their hybrid origin is advanced. A key to the large barbine cyprinids of the Jordan River system and their hybrids is given.