38. Oxynoemacheilus kiabii Golzarianpour, Abdoli & Freyhof, 2011

Common name. Kiabi stone loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus kiabii Golzarianpour, Abdoli & Freyhof, 2011: 202, figs. 1-3 [Stream Dehnoo, 3 km west of Nahavand on road from Nahavand to Sarab-e-Gamasiab, 34°10'N, 48°24'E, Hamadan Province, Iran; holotype: ZFMK 41847] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Golzarianpour et al. (2011: 202, fig. 1).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Kiabi. Listed in previous checklists from Iraq by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZFMK, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.