Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Günther, 1874)

Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), Zootaxa 5402 (1), pp. 1-99 : 37

100. Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Günther, 1874)

Common name. Binni

Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus sharpeyi Günther, 1874: 38 (3), pl. 9 [Tigris River near Baghdad, Iraq; syntypes: BMNH 1874.4 .28.20 (1), 1874.4.28.27 (1), 1875.1.14.16 (1)] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Günther (1874: 38 (3), pl. 9) as Barbus sharpeyi .

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

Status in Iran. [Native].—Benni.—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.