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 Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863) – Native ( Fig. 291 ) Cobitis aralensis Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 184; Type locality: Syr Darya River mouth, Kazakhstan ; Amu Darya River mouth, Uzbekistan . Syntypes : (4 + 1) BMNH 1897.7.5.18 (1 on exchange); ZIN 10932 (1). Cobitis hohenackeri Kessler [K. F.] (ex Brandt) 1877: 177; Type locality: Kura River basin, Transcaucasia. Syntypes : (6) ZIN 2854 (5). Cobitis montana Vladykov [V. D.] 1925: 321; Type locality: Tisza River basin, Ukraine . Syntypes : CUP 41464 (1), 41465 (1); other syntypes at NMP. Cobitis aurata radnensis [P. M.], Müller [G.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1960: 124; Type locality: Upper rivers Mures and Tirnava, Romania . [Comunicari de Zoologie / Societatea se Stiinte Naturale si Geografie din Republica Populara Romina. Cobitis aurata bosniaca Karaman [M. S.] 1963: 629; Type locality: Creeks Saturlija and Siroka Rijeka near Banja Luka, Vrba River basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina . Syntypes : MMNHS (144) apparently lost. Sabanejewia aurata thrakica Economidis [P. S.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1996: 320; Type locality: River Evros catchment, tributary Erythropotamos, near Mikro Dereio village, Thrace, Greece . Holotype : MZUT 1986–54. Paratypes : ISBB 4581 (43); MZUT 1971–654 (1), 1986–39 (43). Fig. 290. Distribution map of Cobitis saniae . Common name : Pr: Roftegar mahi talayi, En: Golden spined loach. Diagnosis : 12 caudal fin rays, large dark spots along the flank and above them speckles which do not tend to form a stripe and golden color in flanks. Meristic characters : D: II–III 5–8 (6), A: II–III 4–8 (5), P: 5–9 (7), V: 4–8 (5), TV: 39–43. Distribution : Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 292 ). Found in Balekhlo and Qarasu rivers. Records of this species from Hari basin presumably is an error. Taxonomy : Esmaeili et al. (2010) placed it in Sabanejewia . Conservation : IUCN: Least Concern (Freyhof 2014ad).