syriacus, Rhodeus Lortet [L.] 1883:168, Pl. 12 (fig. 3) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon v. 3; ref. 14341] Lakes east of Damascus, Syria. Syntypes: ?MCZ 25539 (3), MHNG 611.22 (2), USNM 48029 (1). Type catalog: Weber 1998:6 [ref. 32707]. •Valid as Pseudophoxinus syriacus (Lortet 1883) -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2006:335 [ref. 29055], Freyhof & Özuluğ 2010:317 [ref. 30686], Freyhof & Özuluğ 2010:244 [ref. 31039], Saç et al. 2019:111 [ref. 36976], Saad et al. 2023:31 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:249 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Pseudophoxinus syriacus (Lortet 1883). Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Middle East: Nahr al Barada valley (Syria) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.