113. Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843

Common name. Lizard barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843a: 1044 [54] [Kueik (Qwaik) River near Aleppo, Syria; lectotype: NMW 54227-1; lectotype selected by Bogutskaya in Banarescu & Bogutskaya (2003: 251) but not at this time (Jan. 2004) acceptable according to the 1999 code] .

Revisions. Berg (1949: 695); Khaefi et al. (2017a).

Illustrations. Heckel (1843b: pl. 2, fig. 1); Khaefi et al. (2017a:102, figs. 6, 7).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Belizem, Zardeh par.—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: LC.