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 Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes, 1844) – Endemic ( Fig. 59 ) Chondrostoma aculeatum Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844: 408; Type locality: Iran . Lectotype : MNHN 0000–2357. Paralectotypes : MNHN 1960–0611 [ex MNHN 0000–2357] (5). Scaphiodon macrolepis Heckel [J. J.] 1847: 259; Type locality: Confluents of Araxes River at Persepolis, Iran [Sivand River, Fars near Persepolis]. Syntypes : NMW 51653 (2), 55896 (2). Varicorhinus bergi Derjavin [ A. N. ] 1929: 72; Type locality: Karaj River , 30 km from Teheran , Iran . Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Common name : Pr: Siyah mahi poolak dorosht, Siyah mahi fals dorosht, En: Large scale scraper. Diagnosis : This species similar to C. alburzensis but can be distinguished by shorter prepelvic length (53–56 vs. 56–61% SL), longer snout (31–39 vs. 24–29% HL), shorter barbel (10–12 vs. 18–22% HL), transverse mouth (vs. straight), last unbranched ray weakly ossified and short serrae (more ossified and larger serrated), origin of scales with dark spot (vs. absence of spot on scales) ( Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2016c ). Meristic characters : D: III–IV 8–9, A: III 6, P: 16–19, V: 9–10, GR: 19–23, LL: 39–43, TV: 40–42. Distribution : Tigris and Kor basins ( Fig. 60 ). Found in Bashar, Bazoft, Armand, Karun and Kor Rivers. Taxonomy . Conservation : IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species has many populations across its distribution range and no known major threat appears to affect them; therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.