274. Aphaniops furcatus (Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014)

Common name. Scaleless tooth-carp

Taxonomy. Original description: Aphanius furcatus Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014: 329, figs. 2a-b, 3, 4a-d, 5a-e, 6a [Shur River, along road Bandar Abbas—Minab, 20 km east of Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Province, Iran, 27°19'37.6''N, 56°28'10.2''E, altitude 2 meters; holotype: ZM-CBSU 225] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Teimori et al. (2014: 329, fig. 2).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Hormuz, Makran.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 451- Northern Hormuz Drainages, 701-Baluchistan.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Goormahi-e bedone fals.—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.