Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877

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Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877 – Endemic ( Fig. 64)

Capoeta buhsei Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 85; Type locality: Probably Karaj River near Tehran, Iran. Syntypes: ZIN 2330 (2).

Varicorhinus nikolskii Derjavin [A. N.] 1929: 74; Type locality: Karaj River, 30 km from Teheran, Iran. Syntypes: (11) whereabouts unknown.

Common name: Pr: Siyah mahi Namak, Siyah fals riz, En: Namak scraper, Small scale scarper.

Diagnosis: Low number of total gill raker (11–13), absence of a keel in front of the dorsal fin and distribution is the easiest factor for separating this species from others.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV 8–9 (8), A: III 5, P: 14–19 (17–18), V: 7–9, GR: 11–13 (12–13), LL: 72–91, TV: 43–44.

Distribution: Namak and Kavir basin ( Fig. 65). Found in Jajurud, Namrud, Hableh, Gharachay, Karaj, Kharm Khosbi jan and Kordan Rivers.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Devi and Boguskaya 2009a).