143. Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843

Common name. Yellowfin barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843a: 1053 [63] [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 54786 (1), 54841 (10), 91215 (1, dry)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020: 87, fig. 155-156).

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Gatan.—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: VU.