26. Cobitis linea (Heckel, 1849)

Common name. Persepolis/Kor spined loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Acanthopsis linea Heckel, 1847: 267 [Creeks at Persepolis, Iran; Syntypes: NMW 48560 or 48450 (7)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Freyhof et al. (2018: 24, fig. 18).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Kor.—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: NMW, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.