244. Neogobius pallasi (Berg, 1916)

Common name. Caspian sand goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius fluviatilis pallasi Berg, 1916: 417 [Caspian Sea; syntypes: ZISP 2195, 2204, 23137, 30729, 30736, 30738, 30919, 30920, 30924-26. 33182, 34276, 34277] .

Revisions. Zarei et al. (2021a).

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 176, fig. 25).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 452-Caspian Marine.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Gavmahi-e sheni.—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.