296. Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name. Zander

Taxonomy. Original description: Perca lucioperca Linnaeus, 1758: 289 [European lakes; no types known].

Revisions. Berg (1949: 1020) as Lucioperca lucioperca .

Illustrations. Berg (1949: 1021, fig. 748) as Lucioperca lucioperca .

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea, Tigris, Lake Orumiyeh, Namak Lake, Kor River.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 445-Orumiyeh, 447-Namak, 450-Turan Plain.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Soof mahi-e ordaki.—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: LC.