Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022) Author Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz 0000-0003-0758-6502 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502 g.sayyadzadeh92@gmail.com Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza 0000-0002-9736-397X Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X * Corresponding authors & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502 hresmaeili@shirazu.ac.ir text Zootaxa 2024 2024-01-17 5402 1 1 99 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1 journal article 308381 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1 250e7bdf-217c-4480-974b-e80b926f3326 1175-5334 10524097 F8A2EFAB-C50C-400B-AE24-0684EF47F39D 232. Benthophilus baeri Kessler, 1877 Common name. Baer pugolovka Taxonomy. Original description: Benthophilus baeri Kessler, 1877: 52 , Pl. 4 (fig. 10) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition]; Mangyshlak Penninsula , Kazakhstan ; southern Caspian Sea , depth 49-266 feet [7-38 Russian fathoms]. Lectotype : ZISP 2239 . Paralectotypes : (11) BMNH 1897.7 .5.16 [ex St. Petersberg Univ.] (1), SPU 395 [463/410] (1), ZIN 53665 [ex 2239] (4). Lectotype selected y Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:82 . Revisions. None. Illustrations. Zarei et al . (2022a: 165 , fig. 9). Distribution in Iran . —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 452-Caspian Marine. Status in Iran . [Native].—Gavmahi-e tokmehsar.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al . (2017 a , 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al . (2020) and Eagderi et al . (2022) .—Iran material: ZM-CBSU. Conservation. —IUCN: LC.