60. Paraschistura cristata (Berg, 1898)

Common name. Crested loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus cristatus Berg, 1898: 19 [5], fig. [Tedzhen River near Ashgabat (Askhabad), Turkmenistan; syntypes: ISBR 996 (2), ZIN 11055 (1), ZMMU P-2555 (59)] .

Revisions. Berg (1949: 886) as Nemachilus cristatus . Prokofiev (2009: 893) as Metaschistura cristata, Freyhof et al. (2015: 10) .

Illustrations. Berg (1949: 886, fig. 36) as Nemachilus cristatus, Freyhof et al. (2015: figs. 6-8).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Hari River.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 631-Upper Amu Darya.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Loch mahi-e tajdare Torkaman.—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.