First record of the loach fish Paracobitis cf. malapterura in the Kavir basin, northern Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v2i1.20
Nam River Iran zoogeography Nemacheilidae

Authors

  • Saber Vatandoust Department of Fisheries, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandarn, Iran.
  • Arash Joladeh Roudbar Department of Animal Science and Fisheries Sari University of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandran, Iran
  • Hamed Mousavi-Sabet
    mosavii.h@gmail.com
    Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Someh Sara, Guilan, Iran
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): February
Articles
March 7, 2014

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The loach fish Paracobitis cf. malapterura Valenciennes, 1846 (Nemacheilidae), formerly believed to be an endemic species in the Caspian Sea basin, was recorded for the first time in the upper Kavir basin. This extension of its recorded range makes it likely that it has been overlooked in other parts of the Kavir basin.