28. Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863)

Common name. Golden spined loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis aurata De Filippi, 1863: 391 [Stream near Sartschem (apparently Sarcham-e Sofla, 39°07'N, 47°54'E), Iran; lectotype: MZUT 674; lectotype selected by Tortonese (1961: 188)] .

Revisions. Berg (1949: 894) as Cobitis aurata, Vasil'eva et al. (2022: 12).

Illustrations. Berg (1949: 894-895, figs. 644-645) as Cobitis aurata and Sayyadzadeh et al. (2018a: 279-284, figs. 2-7).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Roftgar mahi-e talaee.—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: LC.