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 65. Paraschistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) Common name. Pishin lora loach Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus kessleri Günther, 1889: 109 [Nushki, Pishin Lora River basin, Afghanistan (today Pakistan ); syntypes : (8) BMNH 1886.9.21.177-180 (4), ZSI 11487-90 (now 3)] . Revisions. Berg (1949: 877) as Nemachilus kessleri ; Bănărescu & Nalbant (1966: 171) as Schistura kessleri . Illustrations. Berg (1949: 878 , fig. 623) as Nemachilus kessleri ; Bănărescu & Nalbant (1966: fig. 11, pl. 21, figs. 3-4) as Schistura kessleri . Distribution in Iran . —Distribution in River Basin: Sistan, Hamun-e Mashkid.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 701-Baluchistan, 702-Helmand–Sistan. Status in Iran . [Native].—Loch mahi-e Kessler.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al . (2017 a , 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022) .—Iran material: FSJF. Conservation. —IUCN: LC.