45. Oxynoemacheilus zagrosensis Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014

Common name. Zagros stone loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus zagrosensis Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014: 43, fig. 4 [Shooei River (Jemli, sta. 9), Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran, 35°58'01"N, 45°42'43"E; holotype: FCFUK 101] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Kamangar et al. (2014: 43, fig. 4).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Zagros.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Kamangar et al. (2014); 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: FCFUK, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.