48. Paracobitis atrakensis Esmaeili, Mousavi-Sabet, Sayyadzadeh, Vatandoust & Freyhof, 2014

Common name. Atrak crested loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Paracobitis atrakensis Esmaeili, Mousavi-Sabet, Sayyadzadeh, Vatandoust & Freyhof, 2014: 238 [Atrak and Bidvaz River, northeastern Iran; holotype. From a listing] .

Revisions None.

Illustrations Esmaeili et al. (2014: 51, fig. 2).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea, Dasht-e Kavir.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 448-Kavir & Lut Deserts.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e tajdar-e Atrak.—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: NE.