214. Glyptothorax pallens Mosavi-Sabet, Eagderi, Vatandoust & Freyhof, 2021

Common name. Pallens sucking catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Glyptothorax pallens Mosavi-Sabet, Eagderi, Vatandoust & Freyhof, 2021: 472, figs. 19-22 [Stream Zemkan 3 km north of Zamkan-e Olya, Kermanshah Province, Iran, 34.6452, 46.2856; holotype: GUIC GTI-H] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Mosavi-Sabet et al. (2021: 472, fig. 19).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Gorbemahi-e Sirvan.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Mosavi-Sabet et al. (2021); listed in previous checklists from Iran by Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: GUIC.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.