286. Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847)

Common name. Killifish

Taxonomy. Original description: Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847: 267, pl. 22 [Accepted locality: endorheic Kor River basin north of Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran; syntypes: NMW 14496 (6), 33616–23 (8), 60327 (8), 68283 (8), 75067 (7); ZMB 31377 (9)] .

Revisions. Freyhof & Yoðurtçuoðlu (2020: 445).

Illustrations. Esmaeili et al. (2014d: 33, fig. 2d).

Distribution in Iran. ―Distribution in River Basin: Kor River, Tigris, Persis.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Goormahi-e Kor.—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: ZMB, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.