264. Iranocichla hormuzensis Coad, 1982

Common name. Hormuz cichlid

Taxonomy. Original description: Iranocichla hormuzensis Coad, 1982: 29, figs. 1-3 [Mehran River, Hormozdgan Province, southern Iran, 27°04'N, 54°35'E; holotype: NMC 79-0408 A] .

Revisions. Esmaeili et al. (2016b); Schwarzer et al. (2016).

Illustrations. Esmaeili et al. (2016b: 155, Fig. 11).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Hormuz.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 451-Northern Hormuz Drainages.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Cichlid-e Hormuz.—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: NMC, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.