118. Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877

Common name. Namak scraper

Taxonomy. Original description: Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877: 85 [Probably Karaj River near Tehran, Iran; Syntypes: ZIN 2330 (2)].

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Zareian & Esmaeili (2017: 244, fig. 9).

Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Namak Lake.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 447-Namak.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].— Siyah mahi-e Namak.—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: ZIN, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.