orontis, Acanthobrama marmid Berg [L. S.] 1949:839 [Trudy Instituta Zoologii/ Akademiia Nauk SSSR v. 8 (no. 4); ref. 12936] Lake Antioch [Anthioche], Turkey. Syntypes: ZIN 6720 (1). •Synonym of Acanthobrama marmid Heckel 1843 -- (Goren et al. 1973:296 [ref. 1853], Coad 1995:10 [ref. 23608], Bogutskaya 1997:163 [ref. 23566]). •Valid as Acanthobrama orontis Heckel 1843 -- (Geiger et al. 2014:Table S2 [ref. 37408], Küçük et al. 2014:102 [ref. 33414], Freyhof & Özulug 2014:8 [ref. 33504], Çiçek et al. 2015:145 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36267], Freyhof et al. 2018:581 [ref. 35814], Bayçelebi 2020:753 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:250 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:383 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:198 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Acanthobrama orontis Berg 1949. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Asi Nehri basin [Orontes] (Mediterranean Sea tributary), Hatay Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.