140. Luciobarbus kersin (Heckel, 1843)

Common name. Kersin barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus kersin Heckel, 1843a: 1049 [59] [Syria; syntypes: NMW 54212-13 (1, 4), 54215 (1); SMF 610 (1), ZMB 3237 (1)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Esmaeili (2021: 306, fig. 17.8).

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Dabe dogh, Berzom pahn.—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: DD.