Caecocypris basimi Banister & Bunni, 1980

Freyhof, Jörg, Kaya, Cüneyt & Ali, Atheer, 2021, A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages, Aquatic Ecology Series, Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp. 815-854 : 820

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_35
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15112101
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scientific name	Caecocypris basimi Banister & Bunni, 1980
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Distribution in the area. Endemic. Groundwater layer near Haditha in the Iraqi Euphrates drainage.

Taxonomic notes. While no fresh material of Caecocypris is available to allow a sound study on its phylogenetic position, it is superficially similar to Mesopotamichthys by lacking barbels and having very large scales. If rediscovered, it might turn out to be a species of Mesopotamichthys .

Remarks. This species seems not to have been found since the collection of the original materials and might be extinct.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Cyprinidae
Genus	Caecocypris

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