Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust,, 2015

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Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust,

Esmaeili, Geiger and Freyhof, 2015 – Endemic ( Fig. 283)

Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet [H.], Vatandoust [S.], Esmaeili [H. R.], Geiger [M. F.] & Freyhof [J.] 2015: 562; Type locality: Hamedan Province, Gamasiab River at Dehno, a tributary to Karkheh, 34°10'15"N, 48°21'19"E, Iran, altitude 1,610 m. Holotype: GUIC CC1462MA. Paratypes: CUIC CC1462M (6).

Common name: Pr: Roftegar mahi Ebne Sina, En :

Avicenna spined loach.

Diagnosis: No spot on upper caudal fin base, no spot or a small, usually comma-shaped black spot on upper caudal fin base, Subdorsal scales with a small focal zone (about or less than 1/10 of maximum scale diameter), Z4 consisting of 12–17 dark brown blotches, individuals larger than 65 mm SL with 5–6 rows of dark spots on dorsal and caudal fins.

Meristic characters: D: II 6, A: II 5, P: 7–8, V: 5–6, Z4: 12–17, TV: 39–40.

Distribution: Tigris basin ( Fig. 284). Found in Gamasiab, Dinevar and Leyleh Rivers.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv). Populations of this species are only known from three localities which occur in highly reduced numbers. This species is critically affected by severe drought, water extraction for agricultural use, pollution, loss of habitat due to gravel extraction from the river beds and isolation of local populations. It occurs in less than five localities and its AOO is less than 500 km 2 and severely fragmented. Therefore, we classified it as Endangered.