175. Alburnoides nicolausi Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009

Common name. Seimareh spirlin-Karkheh spirlin, Nicholas’ riffle minnow

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnoides nicolausi Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009: 163, fig. 12 [Stream in Simareh River drainage, 5 kilometers south of Nurabad, 34°03'30"N, 47°57'30"E, Lorestan, Iran, elevation 2000 m; holotype: CMNFI 1979-0281] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Bogutskaya & Coad (2009: 163, fig. 12).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Khayateh-e Nicolaus.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018) and Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020).—Iran material: CMNFI.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.