130. Capoeta saadii (Heckel, 1847)

Common name. Saadi scraper

Taxonomy. Original description: Scaphiodon saadii Heckel, 1847: 260 [Persepolis, Pulwar River, Kor River basin, ruins northeast of Shiraz, Iran; Syntypes: NMW 51666 (18), RMNH 3166 [ex NMW] (1).] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Zareian & Esmaeili (2017: 254, fig. 19).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Kor River, Persis, Lake Maharlu, Kerman-Na'in, Hormuz.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates, 448-Kavir & Lut Deserts, 451-Northern Hormuz Drainages.

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

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.