Paraschistura delvarii

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: Paraschistura

Species: Paraschistura delvarii

Name

Paraschistura delvarii Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2015

• Holotype: VMFC PSD1-H.
• Paratypes: VMFC PSD1-P1 - PSD1-P5 (5); GUIC PSD1-P6 (1), PSD1-P7 (1).

Type locality: Iran, Fars prov.: upstream of Mond River, Mond River drainage, the Persian Gulf basin, 29°40′22″ N, 52°08′57″ E.

Etymology: The species name delvarii is in honor of Rais-Ali Delvari (1882 – 1915), the anti-colonialism in Bushehr province, the region where the Mond River drainage (type locality of P. delvarii) is located. Rais-Ali Delvari now remembered as the national hero of Iran.

References

• Mousavi-Sabet, H. & Eagderi, S., 2015: Paraschistura delvarii spec. nov. – a new species of stone loach from the Persian Gulf basin, southern Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Vertebrate Zoology 65 (3): 297–303. PDF Reference page.