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 282. Esmaeilius mesopotamicus (Coad, 2009) Common name. Mesopotamian tooth-carp Taxonomy. Original description: Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009: 150 , Fig. 1 [ Khuzestan , canal branch of Karkheh River, 31°40'N , 48°35'E , Iran ; holotype : CMNFI 1979-0360 A] . Revisions. None. Illustrations . Esmaeili et al . (2014d: 33 , fig. 2e). Distribution in Iran . —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates. Status in Iran . [Endemic].—Goormahi-e Beinolnahrin.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al . (2017 a , 2018).—Iran material: CMNFI. Conservation. —IUCN: NE.