TABLE A3.

Scientific names and characteristics of 37 fish species sampled in the Karun River basin, Iran

	Scientific name	Presence status in Karun Basin	Migratory status	Reproduction substrate preference	Feeding behaviour	Habitat type	Flow velocity preference	Substrate preference
1	Acanthobrama marmid	Native	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
2	Chondrostoma regium	Native	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
3	Alburnoides idignensis	Endemic	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
4	Alburnus caeruleus	Native	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
5	Squalius berak	Native	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
6	Squalius lepidus	Native	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
7	Alburnus doriae	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
8	Alburnus sellal	Native	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
9	Capoeta aculeata	Endemic	No	Phytophile	Herbivore	Water column	Slow	Lithophile
10	Capoeta coadi	Endemic	No	Other	Herbivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
11	Capoeta trutta	Native	No	Lithophile	Herbivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
12	Carasobarbus kosswigi	Native	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
13	Carasobarbus luteus	Native	No	Lithophile	Herbivore	Bank edge	Slow	Lithophile
14	Carassius gibelio	Nonnative	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
15	Cyprinion macrostomus	Native	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Moderate	Lithophile
16	Cyprinus carpio	Translocate	Yes	Phytophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
17	Garra rufa	Native	No	Other	Omnivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
18	Garra gymnothorax	Endemic	No	Other	Omnivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
19	Luciobarbus barbulus	Native	Yes	Lithophile	Carnivore	Water column	Fast	Lithophile
20	Capoeta pyragyi	Endemic	No	Other	Herbivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
21	Arabibarbus grypus	Native	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Moderate	Phytophile
22	Barbus karunensis	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Benthic	Moderate	Lithophile
23	Barbus lacerta	Native	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Benthic	Moderate	Lithophile
24	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Nonnative	No	Phytophile	Herbivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
25	Hemiculter leucisculus	Nonnative	No	Other	Omnivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
26	Gambusia holbrooki	Nonnative	No	Other	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
27	Glyptothorax silviae	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
28	Mastacembelus	Native	No	Lithophile	Carnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Lithophile
29	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Nonnative	No	Lithophile	Carnivore	Water column	Fast	Lithophile
30	Oxynoemacheilus freyhofi	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
31	Sasanidus kermanshahensis	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
32	Turcinoemacheilus hafezi	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
33	Turcinoemacheilus saadii	Endemic	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Benthic	Fast	Lithophile
34	Planiliza abu	Native	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Water column	Moderate	Lithophile
35	Pseudorasbora parva	Nonnative	No	Lithophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile
36	Rhinogobius lindbergi	Nonnative	No	Lithophile	Benthivore	Bank edge	Slow	Lithophile
37	Aphanius vladykovi	Endemic	No	Phytophile	Omnivore	Bank edge	Slow	Phytophile