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 Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794) – Native ( Figs. 393 , 394 ) Silurus pelusius Solander [D. C.] in Russell 1794: 210; Type locality: Kowick River, Aleppo , Syria . Syntypes : BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Bagrus halepensis alenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840: 413; Type locality: Couiac River, Aleppo , Syria . No types known. Syntypes : BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Macrones aleppensis Günther [A.] 1864: 75; Type locality: Coic River, Aleppo , Syria . Günther specimens: BMNH 1955.6.25.1 (1). Macrones colvillii Günther [A.] 1874: 36 [1]; Type locality: Tigris River at Baghdad , Iraq . Syntypes : BMNH 1874.4.28.6–8 (3), 1875.1.14.19–21 (3). Mystus misrai Anuradha [S.] 1986: 292; Type locality: Lake Antioche, Syria . Holotype : MHNG 603.95. Paratypes : MHNG 2231.84 (1), ZSI FF2315 (1), missing specimen (1). Common name : Pr: Gorbe mahi, Gorbemahi Tajdar, En: Tigris mystus, Tigris catfish, Zugzug Catfish. Diagnosis : 4 pairs of barbels, a strong spine in both the dorsal and pectoral fins, elongate and strong adipose fin are distinctive, head tapers but is not as flattened as in Heteropneustes fossilis , and the mouth is subterminal. Meristic characters : D: I–II 7–8 (7), A: II 6–10, P: 7–9, V: 5–6 (5), GR: 12–18, TV: 42–45. Distribution : Tigris, Hormuz and presumably Persis basins ( Fig. 395 ). Found in Seymareh, Alvand and Dez Rivers as well as Golabi spring. Taxonomy : Anuradha (1986) placed in Mystus . Fig. 390. Distribution map of Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi . Fig. 391. Turcinoemacheilus saadii . Photograph from Beshar River, Tigris basin. Conservation : IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof 2014x ).