Pseudophoxinus 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]

Pseudophoxinus libani
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Pseudophoxinus
Species:	P. libani
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus libani (Lortet, 1883)
Synonyms
Phoxinellus libani Lortet, 1883 Pseudophoxinus kervillei Pellegrin, 1911

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

1. IUCN (2016). "Pseudophoxinus libani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pseudophoxinus libani" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. Life Science, Secondary Education , First year. Republic of Lebanon Center for Educational Research and Development. p. 142.