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 alta ( Nalbant and Bianco, 1998 ) – Native ( Fig. 354 ) Schistura alta Nalbant [T. T.] & Bianco [P. G.] 1998: 118; Type locality: Helmand River drainage, northeast of Girisk, Kajkai, Afghanistan . Holotype : ZMC P 27115. Paratypes : ISBB uncat. (1), ZMC P 27116 (1). Common name : Pr: Loch-e Hirmand, Sagmahi-e Hirmand, En: Helmand loach. Diagnosis : Medium sized, slender body with large and depressed head, caudal peduncle compressed laterally and short, 1.1–2.5 (mean 1.1) times longer than deep, shallow dorsal adipose keel on caudal peduncle, without procurrent rays, caudal fin forked with pointed lobe. Usually upper lob longer than lower lobe. Small, rounded, deeply embedded scales on caudal peduncle and flanks. Lateral line incomplete, reaching to dorsal fin origin and long Barbels. Meristic characters : D: 7–8, A: 5, P: 6–7 (7), V: 6–7, LL: Lateral line incomplete, reaching to dorsal fin origin, SC: caudal peduncle and flanks, DP: absent, PA: present, SOG: present. Fig. 349. Distribution map of Paracobitis rhadinaeus . Fig. 350. Paracobitis vignai . Photograph from Hirmand River, Sistan basin. Distribution : Sistan basin ( Fig. 355 ). Found in Hirmand River and Chah nime Lakes ( Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015a ). Taxonomy : Freyhof et al. (2015) placed in Paraschistura . Conservation : IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Data Deficient. It is distributed in Iran and Afghanistan but there is very few known on its distribution range, population size and conservation status. Therefore, there is not enough information to accurately assess this species.