49. Paracobitis basharensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014

Common name. Bashar crested loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Paracobitis basharensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014: 23, figs. 13-14 [Bashar River at Dehno, 30°38.42.6"N, 51°37'14.26"E, Iranian Tigris catchment, Iran; holotype: CM-CBSU J2920] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Freyhof et al. (2014: 23, fig. 13).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e tajdar-e Bashar.—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.