Paraschistura susiani

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 566

Paraschistura susiani

Common name. Khuzestan banded loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Paraschistura in West Asia by: ○ suborbital present in male, short, blunt, and roundish / ○ back and flank fully covered by scales / ○ snout blunt / ○ no dorsal adipose crest / ○ lateral line incomplete / ○ caudal emarginate / ○ pelvic origin below first or second branched dorsal ray / ○ pelvic reaching to about 0.5–1 eye diameters in front of anus / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ body depth at dorsal origin 14–16 % SL / ○ 7–10, usually regularly set and shaped, dark-or pale- brown or grey bars, wider than interspaces, absent or very faint

Paraschistura turcmenica ; Hari drainage, Iran, ~ 45 mm SL.