Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet

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Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet , Vasil’eva, Vatandoust and Vasil’ev, 2011 – Endemic ( Fig. 285)

Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet [H.], Vasil’eva [E. D.], Vatandoust [S.] & Vasil’ev [V. P.] 2011: 928; Type locality: Siahrud River, Mazandaran region, 36°26'85.05"N, 52°56'70.08"E, northern Iran, elevation 83 m. Holotype: GUIC CC1403MA. Paratypes: GUIC CCC1403M (3). CC1404M (9), CC1405 (10); ZMMU P–22694 (2).

Cobitis keyvani Mousavi-Sabet [H.], Yerli [S. V.], Vatandoust [S.], Özeren [S. C.] & Moradkhani [Z.] 2012: 8; Type locality: Keselian stream, Talar River, southeast of the Caspian Sea basin, Mazandarann Province, Iran, 36°11'74.09"N, 53°00'92.01"E, elevation 473 m. Holotype: GUIC CC1389MA. Paratypes:

GUIC CC1389M (8), 1390 (6), 1391 (5).

Common name: Pr: Roftegar mahi Faridpak, En: Faridpak’s spined loach.

Diagnosis: One black spot on upper caudal fin base, 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 20–30 dark brown blotches, individuals larger than 65 mm SL with 3–4 rows of dark spots on dorsal and caudal fins.

Meristic characters: D: II 6, A: II 5, P: 7–8, V: 5–6, Z4: 14–25, TV: 39–40.

Distribution: Caspian and Namak basins ( Fig. 286). In the Caspian Sea basin found in several stream and rivers from southeast and south-central and in Namak basin reported from Karaj River ( Eagderi et al. 2017b).

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. Cobitis faridpaki is a widespread species with no known major threat across its distribution range. Therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.