44. Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)

Common name. Tongiorgi stone loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Seminemacheilus tongiorgii Nalbant & Bianco, 1998: 113, figs. 11 A-D [Large water spring near Darab town, Kul River basin, Iran; holotype: IZA 801. Paratypes: ISBB uncat. (1)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Nalbant & Bianco (1998: 113, fig. 11).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Kor.—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: IZA, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: DD.