Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022) Author Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz 0000-0003-0758-6502 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502 g.sayyadzadeh92@gmail.com Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza 0000-0002-9736-397X Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X * Corresponding authors & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502 hresmaeili@shirazu.ac.ir text Zootaxa 2024 2024-01-17 5402 1 1 99 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1 1175-5334 10524097 F8A2EFAB-C50C-400B-AE24-0684EF47F39D 247. Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovacic, Schliewen & Abbasi, 2022 Common name. Hircaniaen bighead goby Taxonomy. Original description: Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovacic, Schliewen & Abbasi, 2022: 408 , figs. 1, 5-7a-d [Kaboudval stream, Golestan Province , Iran , 36°53'11.0"N , 54°53'37.8"E ; holotype : ZM-CBSU S101-6]. Revisions. Zarei et al . (2021a) . Illustrations. Zarei et al . (2022b: 408 , fig. 1). Distribution in Iran . —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 450-Turan Plain. Status in Iran . [Endemic].—Gavmahi-e Hircani.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Zarei et al . (2022).— Iran material: ZM-CBSU. Conservation. —IUCN: NE.