155. Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855

Common name. Sharpbelly

Taxonomy. Original description: Culter leucisculus Basilewsky, 1855: 238 [Rivers flowing into Bay of Tschili (Chihli), Beijing (Peking), China; syntypes: ZIN 5272 (2)] .

Revisions. Berg (1949: 808).

Illustrations. Berg (1949: 809, fig. 553).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh, Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 447-Namak.

Status in Iran. [Exotic].—Tizeh koli.—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. Not relevant (introduced species).