Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863)
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Sabanejewia aurata View in CoL
Common name. Caspian golden loach.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from Sabanejewia caspia by: ● 10–15 large, distinct blotches along lateral midline ● no irregularly shaped band of brown pigments below lateral blotches. Size up to 100 mm SL.
Distribution. Southern Caspian basin: Kura and Aras drainages east to Sefid.
Habitat. Hill streams with clear water and sandy or gravelly bottoms. In moderate current.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. LC.
Remarks. Occasionally, reported to occur in all rivers of Iranian Caspian basin, but no records east of Sefid was confirmed in last decades. The identity of Hari and Morghab populations is questionable, and these fishes might belong to S. aralensis , a species widespread in Zeravshan, Amu, and Syr Darya in Central Asia.
Further reading. Berg 1949b (description); Sayyadzadeh et al. 2018a (description).
Sabanejewia caspia ; Sefid drainage, Iran; ~ 50 mm SL.
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