Capoeta razii Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Ghanavi and Doadrio, 2017

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Capoeta razii Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Ghanavi and Doadrio, 2017 – Native ( Fig. 87)

Capoeta razii Jouladeh-Roudbar [A.], Eagderi [S.], Ghanavi [H. R.] & Doadrio [I.] 2017: 144; Type locality: Kheyroud River, Caspian Sea basin, Chalus city, Mazandaran Province, Iran, 36°36'35"N, 51°33'45"E. Holotype: IMNRF-UT-1072–9. Paratypes: IMNRF- UT-1072 (14).

Common name: Pr: Siyah mahi Caspian, En: Razi’s scraper, Caspian scraper.

Diagnosis: One set of barbels, postdorsal length about equal to pre-dorsal length, maxillary barbel slightly smaller than eye’s horizontal diameter and reach to posterior margin of orbit, snout length slightly larger than intranasal length, 7–9 scales between dorsal fin origin and lateral line and 6–7 scales between anal fin origin and lateral line (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2017d).

Meristic characters: D: III–IV 7–8 (7), A: III 5, P: 16–20 (18–19), V: 9–10, GR: 19–21, LL: 55–58, TV: 43–44.

Distribution: Caspian, Namak and Tigris basins ( Fig. 88). Native populations are only found in the Caspian basin. Some populations have been translocated together with Nl225722 commercial species for aquiculture (mainly carps) to the Tigris and Namak basins.

Taxonomy: Esmaeili et al. (2018) erroneously considered “Tire River at Kaghe Village, Sezar River drainage, Tigris River (Persian Gulf basin), Lorestan Province, Iran, 33°37'06"N, 48°58'13"E as the type locality of C. razii , but the mentioned point is the type locality of C. pyragyi .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern.

This species is widespread has a widespread distribution. It occurs in more than 10 independent populations and has not declined (or will decline) fast enough to qualify for Near Threatened or another threat category. We therefore classified it as Least Concern.