63. Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015

Common name. Ilam loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015: 178, figs. 1-5 [Ilam Province, Spring at Siahgav, Tigris River drainage, Iran, 33°51'54"N, 47°42'02"E; holotype: VMFC PS13 -H] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Vatandoust & Eagderi (2015: 178, fig. 1) and Freyhof et al. (2015:37, figs. 42-47).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Ilam.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Vatandoust & Eagderi (2015) and the original description Freyhof et al. (2015) as Paraschistura pasatigris; 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: VMFC, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.