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 PMC7807176 33456548 12822787 Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782) – Native ( Fig. 181 ) Cyprinus amarus Bloch [M. E.] 1782: 52; Type locality: Müggelsee (lake) near Köpenick, Berlin , Germany . Syntypes : ZMB 3393 (3). Rhodeus genitalis Walecki [A.] 1863: 364; Apparently an unneeded replacement name for Cyprinus amarus Bloch 1782 . Rhodeus lucinae Walecki [A.] 1863: 364; Apparently an unneeded replacement name for Cyprinus amarus Bloch 1782 . Common name : Pr: Makhraj loleyi, En: European bitterling. Diagnosis : Deep body, caudal fin with 19 to 20 soft rays and few pored scales in lateral line. Meristic characters : D: II–IV (III) 7–11 (9), A: II–IV (III) 6–12 (9), P: 10–13, V: 4–8 (6–7), GR: 6–16 (9–13), LL: 30–36, TV: 34–38. Distribution : Caspian, Urmia Lake and Tigris basins ( Fig. 182 ). Found in Astara , Gorgan, Tajan, Babol, Haraz, Sardab, and Sefidrud, Qarasu and Zarinehrud Rivers. Taxonomy : Berg (1949) placed amarus in Rhodeus sericeus (Pallas 1776) as a subspecies, Smith (1985) synonymised with sericeus but Mrakovcic et al. (1995) recognized as full species. Conservation : IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008q ).