70. Paraschistura turcmenica (Berg, 1932)

Common name. Turkmenistan loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus turcmenicus Berg, 1932: 149, fig. 1 [Kelte-chinar River (Cherokh River) near Gyaurs (37°47'N, 58°44'E), Turkmenistan; syntypes: ZIN 11064 (3)] .

Revisions. Berg (1949: 876) as synonym of Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900; Freyhof et al. (2015: 17).

Illustrations. Berg (1932: fig. 1) as Nemacheilus turcmenicus .

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Hari River, Dasht-e Kavir, Bejestan.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 631-Upper Amu Darya.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Loch mahi-e Torkamani.—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 (2023).