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 Atherina caspia Eichwald, 1831 – Native ( Fig. 495 ) Atherina presbyter var. caspia Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831: 72; Type locality: Caspian Sea. No types known. Common name : Pr: Shishe mahi, Gol azin mahi, En: Big-scale sand smelt. Diagnosis : Eye diameter wider than snout length, two dorsal fins, cycloid scales, pectoral fin high on the flank and the vent remote from the anal fin. Meristic characters : D 1 : V–X, D 2 : I–II 11–14, A: I–II 13–16, P: 12–15, V: 5, LS: 50–57, GR: 24–29, TV: 45–48. Distribution : Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 496 ). Found in the lower reaches of rivers along the Caspian Sea basin. Taxonomy : Vasil’eva (1994) synonymized with Atherina boyeri but Esmaeili et al. (2010) regard as full species. Conservation : IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species occurs in various independent localities, in high population numbers and no known threat is affecting its populations. Therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.