249. Ponticola patimari Eagderi, Nikmehr & Poorbagher, 2020

Common name. Patimar goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Ponticola patimari Eagderi, Nikmehr & Poorbagher, 2020: 25, figs. 2-4 [Kheirud River at Najar-deh Village, Caspian Sea basin, Mazandaran province, Iran, 36°36'46"N, 51°34'03"E; holotype: IMNRF-UT 1088] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022a: 181, fig. 33).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Gavmahi-e Patimar.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.