139. Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843

Common name. Pike barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843: 1054 [64] [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 54088 (2), 54091-92 (1, 1); SMF 454 (ex NMW) (1), 6785 (ex NMW) (1)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Heckel (1843: pl. 4, fig. 2); Esmaeili (2021:307, fig. 17.9).

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Song.—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: VU.