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 286. Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel, 1847) Common name. Killifish Taxonomy. Original description: Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847: 267 , pl. 22 [Accepted locality: endorheic Kor River basin north of Shiraz, Fars Province , Iran ; syntypes : NMW 14496 (6), 33616–23 (8), 60327 (8), 68283 (8), 75067 (7); ZMB 31377 (9)] . Revisions. Freyhof & Yoðurtçuoðlu (2020: 445) . Illustrations. Esmaeili et al . (2014d: 33 , fig. 2d). Distribution in Iran . ―Distribution in River Basin: Kor River, Tigris, Persis .―Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates. Status in Iran . [Endemic].—Goormahi-e Kor.—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: ZMB, ZM-CBSU. Conservation. —IUCN: LC.