Sabanejewia caspia (Eichwald, 1838)

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Sabanejewia caspia (Eichwald, 1838) – Native

Cobitis caspia Eichwald [C. E. von] 1838: 133; Type locality: Caspian

Sea at Lenkoran, Azerbaidjan. No types known.

Common name: Roftegar mahi Caspian, Roftegar mahi Khazari, En: Caspian spined loach.

Diagnosis: 12 branched caudal fin rays, no large dark spots along the flank but an irregular stripe, and above this stripe speckles which do not tend to form a stripe.

Meristic characters: D: II–III 6–7 (6), A: I–II 5–6, P: 6–7, V: 4–6, TV: 41–42.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 293). Few specimens of this species were found only in Anzali Wetland. Records from other localities in southern Caspian Sea (i.e., Babolrud, Tajan, etc.) are misidentifications of C. saniae or C. faridpaki .

Taxonomy: Vasil’eva in Reshetnikov (1998) placed in Sabanejewia .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Data Deficient. The distribution and population size of this species is unknown and we consider the few observations and poor quality reports of this species are not enough for an objective assessment. Therefore, we classified it as Data Deficient.