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 Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Günther, 1874) – Native ( Fig. 158 ) Barbus sharpeyi Günther [A.] 1874: 38 [3]; Type locality: Tigris River near Baghdad , Iraq . Syntypes : BMNH 1874.4.28.20 (1), 1874.4.28.27 (1), 1875.1.14.16 (1). Barbus faoensis Günther [A.] 1896: 397; Type locality: Fao , Iraq , Persian Gulf. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1888.5 .17.4 [ex ZSD]. Common name : Pr: Benni, En: Binni. Diagnosis : Absence of barbels, last unbranched dorsal fin ray moderately ossified but lacking serra, and the low scale count in lateral line. Meristic characters : D: IV 7–9 (8), A: II–III (III) 4–5, P: 13–19 (16–17), V: 8, GR: 13–19, LL: 29–37, TV: 40–41. Distribution : Tigri, Kor (translocated) and maybe Persis basins ( Fig. 159 ). Found in Zohre River , Hor Al azim and Shadegan Wetlands. Fig. 152. Distribution map of Luciobarbus mursa . Fig. 153. Luciobarbus subquincunciatus . Photograph from Gotvand Dam, Tigris basin. Fig. 154. Distribution map of Luciobarbus subquincunciatus . Fig. 155. Luciobarbus xanthopterus . Photograph from Dez River, Tigris basin. Fig. 156. Luciobarbus xanthopterus . Photograph from the Tigris River (near the type locality), Iraq. Taxonomy : Ekmekçi and Bǎnǎrescu (1998) placed in Mesopotamichthys . Conservation : IUCN: Vulnerable B2ab(iii,v) ( Freyhof 2014w ).