68. Paraschistura nielseni (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)

Common name. Nielsen’s loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Schistura nielseni Nalbant & Bianco, 1998: 119, figs. 22 A-C [Bazar River, Iran; holotype: ZMC P 27109] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2018b: 45, fig. 10).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Nilsen.—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.