74. Turcinoemacheilus hafezi Golzarianpour, Abdoli, Patimar & Freyhof, 2013

Common name. Hafez dwarf loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Turcinoemacheilus hafezi Golzarianpour, Abdoli, Patimar & Freyhof, 2013: 43, figs. 1-6, 8 [tream at Joneqon, tributary of Kohrang River, Iran, 32°05'22"N, 50°39'48"E; holotype: ZFMK 48841] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Golzarianpour et al. (2013: 43, fig. 1).

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

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e kotolye Hafez.—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: ZFMK, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.