34. Oxynoemacheilus elsae Eagderi, Jalili & Çiçek, 2018

Common name. Elsa’s loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus elsae Eagderi, Jalili & Çiçek, 2018: 454, figs. 1-4 [Zarineh River, near Shahin-Dej city, Lake Urmia basin, west Azerbaijan Province, Iran, 36°37'40"N, 46°43'30"E; holotype: IMNRF-UT-1404-H] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Eagderi et al. (2018: 454, figs. 1-4).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Lake Orumiyeh.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 445-Orumiyeh.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Loch mahi-e Oromiye.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022) —Iran material: IMNRF.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.