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 Paraschistura cristata (Berg, 1898) – Native ( Figs. 360 , 361 ) Nemacheilus cristatus Berg [L. S.] 1898: 19; Type locality: Tedzhen River near Ashgabat [Askhabad], Turkmenistan . Syntypes : (many) ISBR 996 (2), ZIN 11055 (1), ZMMU P–2555 (59). Common name : Pr: Loch-e tajdare Torkaman, Sagmahi-e tajdare Torkaman, En: Torkaman crested loach. Diagnosis : Prominent dorsal adipose crest supported by 22–25 procurrent rays of the caudal fin, a complete lateral line, the large size of adults, 9–13 brown bars usually faded or absent on side of the body in front of dorsal fin origin, regularly shaped and wider than interspaces or separated into blotches and irregularly shaped bars, lack of suborbital groove or flap in males. Meristic characters : D: 7–5, A: 5, P: 9–10, V: 6–7, LL: complete, SC: scales present at least on caudal peduncle, DP: weakly developed, PA: present, SOG: absent. Fig. 355. Distribution map of Paraschistura alta . Fig. 356. Paraschistura aredvii . Photograph from Tang-e Shiv River, Tigris basin. Distribution : Hari, Kavir and Bejestan basins ( Fig. 362 ). Found in Kalat, Hari, Akhlamad and Nobarhar rivers. Taxonomy : Berg (1949) placed in Nemacheilus , Bănărescu and Nalbant (1995) in Schistura , Prokofiev (2009) in Metaschistura and Freyhof et al. (2015) in Paraschistura . Conservation : IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. It is a widespread species which occurs in high numbers in numerous localities across its whole distribution range. Therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.