283. Esmaeilius persicus Jenkins, 1910

Common name. Persian tooth-carp

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinodon persicus Jenkins, 1910: 125, pl. 6 (fig. 4) [Spring on the edge of Shiraz Lake, southern Iran; syntypes: ZSI F9403-04 (2)] .

Revisions. Freyhof & Yoðurtçuoðlu (2020: 434).

Illustrations. Freyhof & Yoðurtçuoðlu (2020: 434, fig. 8).

Distribution in Iran. ―Distribution in River Basin: Lake Maharlu.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrate.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Goormahi-e Parsi.—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: ZSI, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.