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 90. Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843) Common name. Red garra Taxonomy. Original description: Discognathus rufus Heckel, 1843: 1071 (81) [ Aleppo , Syria ; lectotype : NMW 53240 ( 108 mm SL)] . Revisions. Sayyadzadeh et al . (2015a) ; Esmaeili et al . (2016a) . Illustrations. Heckel (1843: pl. 8 (fig. 2)) as Discognathus rufus ; Esmaeili et al . (2016a: 108 , fig. 23); Esmaeili et al . (2016a: 109 , fig. 24) as Discognathus crenulatus . Distribution in Iran . Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Lake Maharlu, Persis .—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates. Status in Iran . [Native].—Gel cheragh-e Maamoli.—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: ZM-CBSU. Conservation. —IUCN: LC.