41. Oxynoemacheilus marunensis Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2020

Common name. Marun stone loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus marunensis Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2020: 195, figs. 2- 7 [Marun/Maroon River at Kharestan, Khuzestan province, Iran, 30°39'22"N, 50°12'31"E; holotype: ZM-CBSU H2509] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili (2020: 195, figs. 2).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Marun.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili (2020); Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.