Vimba persa (Pallas, 1814)

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Vimba persa (Pallas, 1814) – Native ( Fig. 281)

Cyprinus persa Pallas [P. S.] 1814: 310; Type locality: Iran in lakes along the Kura River. No types known.

Common name: Pr: Siyah koli, Koli, En: Persian vimba, Caspian vimba.

Diagnosis: Snout projects over the lower jaw and in large fish is quite bulbous and naked ventral keel.

Meristic characters: D: II–III 7–9 (8), A: III 16–19, P: 14–17, V: 8–9, GR: 15–20, LL: 47–55, TV: 41–33.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 282). Sefidrud, Gorgan, Gharasu, Tajan, Babol, Haraz, Sardab, Valiabad, Tonekabon, Polrud, Havigh rivers, and the southeast, southwest and south-central Caspian Sea as well as Anzali Wetland.

Taxonomy: Vimba vimba persa was the subspecies in the Caspian Sea basin but recognized as a full species by Naseka and Bogutskaya (2009).

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