36. Oxynoemacheilus frenatus (Heckel, 1843)

Common name. Banded Tigris loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis frenata Heckel, 1843: 1086 [96] [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 48552 (5), NRM 15477 (1)] .

Revisions. Freyhof et al. (2012); Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili (2020).

Illustrations. Heckel (1843: pl. 12, fig. 1) as Cobitis frenatus; Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili (2020: 202, 204, figs. 10-11).

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Loch mahi-e Tigris.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: LC.