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 245. Ponticola goebelii (Kessler, 1874) Common name. Caspian ratan or rotan goby Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius goebelii Kessler, 1874: 249 [59] [ Baku , Azerbaijan ; Syntypes : (3) NMW 33910 (1), ZIN 2229-30 (1, 1)] . Revisions. None. Illustrations. Zarei et al . (2022a: 178 , fig. 28). Distribution in Iran . —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 452-Caspian Marine. Status in Iran . [Native].—Gavmahi-e ratan.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al . (2017 a , 2018) and Eagderi et al . (2022) .—Iran material: ZM-CBSU. Conservation. —IUCN: DD.