219. Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843

Common name. Mesopotamian catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843a: 1090 (100) [Tigris River, near Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: (4) NMW, SMF 2623 (1, dry)] .

Revisions. Coad & Holčík (2000: 139).

Illustrations. Heckel (1843: pl. 13, fig. 1).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Esbele–e Tigris.—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.