Paracobitis persa

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Species: Paracobitis persa

Name

Paracobitis persa Freyhof et al., 2014

• Holotype: ZM-CBSU J2659.
• Paratype: ZM-CBSU J2663-J2671 (9), J2689-J2694 (6); FSJF 3450 (3). (GenBank accession numbers: KJ723509, KJ723504).

Type locality: Iran: Fars prov.: Maloosjan spring east of Beiza, Kor basin, 29°52'23" N 52°27'57" E.

Etymology: The species is named for its distribution in the Iranian Fars province

References

• Esmaeili, H.R. & Valavi, H. 2016. Threatened fishes of the world: Paracobitis persa Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). FishTaxa 1(1): 29–34. PDF Reference page. 
• Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh & M.F. Geiger, 2014: Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 11–38. Abstract Reference page.