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Paracobitis malapterura

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502
  • 2. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X * Corresponding authors & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502

Description

52. Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes, 1846)

Common name. Western crested loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis malapterura Valenciennes, 1846: 88, pl. 523 ["Sent from Syria " (Iran); syntypes: MNHN 0000–3962 (1), B–3070 (ex MNHN 0000–3962) (1)].

Revisions. Freyhof et al. (2014).

Illustrations. Freyhof et al. (2014: 18, fig. 5-7).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Namak Lake, Dasht-e Kavir.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 447-Namak, 448-Kavir & Lut Deserts.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e tajdar-e Namak.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.

Notes

Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Family
Nemacheilidae
Genus
Paracobitis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cypriniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Valenciennes
Species
malapterura
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes, 1846) sec. Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2024

References

  • Freyhof, J., Esmaeili, H. R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Geiger, M. (2014) Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1), 11 - 38.
  • Esmaeili, H. R., Mehraban, H., Abbasi, K., Keivany, Y. & Coad, B. W. (2017 a) Review and updated checklist of freshwater fishes of Iran: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 4 (Supplement 1), 1 - 114.
  • Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Reichenbacher, B. (2018) Systematics and historical biogeography of the Aphanius dispar species group (Teleostei: Aphaniidae) and description of a new species from Southern Iran. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 56 (4), 579 - 598.
  • Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H. R. & Doadrio, I. (2020) Ichthyofauna from Iranian freshwater: Annotated checklist, diagnosis, taxonomy, distribution and conservation assessment. Zoological Studies, 59, 21. https: // doi. org / 10.6620 / ZS. 2020.59 - 21
  • Eagderi, S., Mouludi-Saleh, A., Esmaeli, H. R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Nasri, M. (2022) Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2022. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 46 (6), 500 - 522. https: // doi. org / 10.55730 / 1300 - 0179.3104