Cobitis avicennae Mousavi

Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), Zootaxa 5402 (1), pp. 1-99 : 15

24. Cobitis avicennae Mousavi –Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015

Common name. Zagros spined loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis avicennae Mousavi – Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015: 562, figs. 3–7 [ Hamedan Province, Gamasiab River at Dehno, a tributary to Karkheh, 34°10’15"N, 48°21’19"E, altitude 1610 meters, Iran; holotype: GUIC CC1462 MA] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Mousavi–Sabet et al. (2015: figs. 3–7).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Ebne Sina.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran materials: GUIC, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.