137. Luciobarbus caspius (Berg, 1914)

Common name. Caspian barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus brachycephalus caspius Berg, 1914: 612, Fig. 119, Caspian Sea basin. Syntypes: ZIN 2982 (8), 3895 (10), 9108 (1, misidentified), 9109 (2), 9117-18 (11, 1), 9124 (8), 10619 (apparently lost) .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Berg (1914: 612, fig. 119) as Barbus brachycephalus caspius .

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Sas mahi-e khazar.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018).—ran material: None.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.