Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet

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 : 15-16

25. Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet , Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011

Common name. Siahrud spined loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet , Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011: 928, figs. 2-4 [ Siahrud River , Mazandaran region, 36°26'85.05"N, 52°56'70.08"E, northern Iran, elevation 83 meters; holotype: GUIC CC1403 MA] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Mousavi-Sabet et al. (2011: 928, fig. 2).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea, Namak Lake.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 446-Caspian Highlands, 447-Namak.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Faridpaki.—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: GUIC, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.