Paracobitis zabgawraensis, Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 551

Paracobitis zabgawraensis

Common name. Greater Zab crested loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Paracobitis by: ● body almost plain brown with narrow reticulate yellowish pattern / ○ pelvic origin below or very slightly in front of dorsal origin / ○ caudal slightly emarginate / ○ no or a very small pelvic axillary lobe / ○ flank behind dorsal origin covered with small, deeply embedded scales / ○ posterior narial opening roundish. / ○ predorsal length 49–56 % SL / ○ prepelvic length 50–53 % SL / ○ outer rostral barbel 16–24 % HL / ○ maxillary barbel 19–27 % HL. Size up to 77 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Upper Yanarsu, Botan, and Nerduş drainages; Greater Zab drainage in Türkiye and Iraq.

Habitat. Streams with coarse gravel and moderate to fast-flowing water.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Freyhof et al. 2014b (description); Kaya et al. 2020c (distribution).

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Paracobitis zabgawraensis

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