105. Cyprinion macrostomus Heckel, 1843

Common name. Tigris kingfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinion macrostomus Heckel, 1843a: 1065 [75] [Aleppo, Syria or Mosul,

Iraq; lectotype: NMW 52805-1; lectotype selected by Banarescu & Herzig-Straschil (1995: 414)].

Revisions. Bănărescu & Herzig-Straschil (1995: 414).

Illustrations. Heckel (1843b: pl. 7, fig. 1).

Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Persis.— Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Lotak-e dahan bozorg.—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.