Fig. 4 in Fig. 4 in Fig. 3 in Fig. 21. Sesarmops mora n in Paralbunea dayriti Author Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Alborz, Iran. E-mail: jouladehroudbar @ ut. ac. ir jouladehroudbar@ut.ac.ir Author Ghanavi, Hamid Reza Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. * Correspondence: E-mail: hamid. ghanavi @ gmail. com (Ghanavi) hamid.ghanavi@gmail.com Author Doadrio, Ignacio Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Department, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. E-mail: doadrio @ mncn. csic. es doadrio@mncn.csic.es text Zoological Studies 2020 2020-06-29 59 21 1 303 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12822535 journal article 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-21 1810-522X PMC7807176 33456548 12822787 Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872) – Native ( Fig. 141 ) Barbus obtusirostris Yakovlev [V. E.] 1870: 102 [2]; Type locality: Volga River Delta, Russia . Syntypes : whereabouts unknown. Barbus brachycephalus Kessler [K. F.] 1872: 52 [8]; Type locality: Syr-Darya River , central Asia. Syntypes : NMW 53971–73 (1, 2, 1); ZIN 5759 (1, not found in 2000), 5878 (1, not found in 1996 or 2000). Barbus platyrostris Kessler [ K. F. ] 1874: 52; Type locality: Aksu River , tributary to Lake Balchasch , Turkistan. Holotype : ZIN 2167 . Barbus brachycephalus caspius Berg [L. S.] 1914: 612; Type locality: Caspian Sea basin. Syntypes : ZIN 2982 (8), 3895 (10), 9108 (1, misidentified), 9109 (2), 9117–18 (11, 1), 9124 (8), 10619 (apparently lost). Common name : Pr: Sas mahi-e sar kochak, Zarde par, Orenj, Pr: Aral barbel. Diagnosis : Postdorsal length longer than predorsal length. dorsal fin usually with 7 branched rays, back between head and dorsal origin laterally compressed, forming a keel, lateral line usually 65–77 scales, upper lip thick, lower lip thin and without median lobe or pad. Meristic characters : D: III–IV (IV) 6–8 (7), A: II– III (III) 5–6 (5), P: 14–17, V: 7–8 (8), GR: 16–25, LL: 65–72, TV: 46–49 (48). Distribution : Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 142 ). Reported from all Caspian Sea coast some years ago, now rarely found in Sefidrud River , Anzali Wetland and Gilan coast. Taxonomy : Bogutskaya and Naseka (2004) placed in Luciobarbus . Conservation : IUCN: Vulnerable A2cd ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008v ).