248. Ponticola iranicus Vasil’eva, Mousavi-Sabet & Vasil’ev, 2015

Common name. Persian goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Ponticola iranicus Vasil’eva, Mousavi-Sabet & Vasil’ev, 2015: 191, figs. 2-4 [Upper Sefid-Rud River basin, Tutkabon Stream, Iran, 36°50.756'N, 49°35.021'E; holotype: ZMMU P-23677] .

Revisions. Zarei et al. (2021a).

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 180, fig. 31).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Gavmahi-e Irani.—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: ZMMU, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.