43. Oxynoemacheilus persa (Heckel, 1849)

Common name. Persian stone loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis persa Heckel, 1847: 266 [Springs at Persepolis, Fars Province, Iran; holotype (unique): NMW 48567] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2018b: 45, fig. 11).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Kor River, Persis, Lake Maharlu.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

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