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Some 190 specimens of Sefidrud loach, Oxynoemacheilus bergianus, were collected from Aras River (Northwestern Iran) and age, size, and some biological characteristics of the samples were investigated from March to July 2013. The maximum age was 3+ years. The specimens ranged in size from 42 to 64mm for males and 45 to 61mm for females in total length, weighing from 0.62 to 2.03g for males and 0.63 to 1.66g for females. Length-weight relationship was estimated as W= 0.00005TL2.81 for females, W= 0.000005TL3.11 for males and W= 0.000008TL2.97 for the sexes combined. Sex ratio was 1M:0.9F, in favor of males (P<0.05). The growth model was isometric for males, females and sexes combined. The calculated maximum Fulton’s condition factor (KF) and allometric condition factor (KA) were 0.900 and 0.010 in males and 1.000 and 0.009 in females, respectively. The most frequent age classes in the samples were 2+ years for both males and females. In general, as most other loaches, Sefidrud loach is also a small short lived species with a low frequency in Aras River.
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Loaches
Growth
Condition factor
Sex ratio
Iran.
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JAMALI, H., HASANPOUR-FATTAHI, A., ABDOLLAHI, D., PATIMAR, R., & KEIVANY, Y. (2015). Some biological characteristics of Sefidrud loach, Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), in Aras River, northwestern Caspian Sea basin. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 2(1), 13–19. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v2i1.8
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Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S.; Seifabadi, S.J.; Keivany, Y.; Kazemi, B. & Wallis, G.P. 2011. Comparison of length-weight relationships in different populations and sexes of Iranian thoothcarps. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27(6): 1401-1403.
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Coad, B.W. 2000. Criteria for assessing the conservation status of taxa (as applied to Iranian freshwater fishes). Biologia 55: 537-555.
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Daneshvar, E.; Keivany, Y. & Paknehad, E. 2013. Comparative Biometry of the Iranian Cichlid, Iranocichla hormuzensis, in Different Seasons and Sexes. Research in Zoology 3(2): 56-61.
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Esmaeili, H.R.; Coad, B.W.; Gholamifard, A.; Nazari, N. & Teimory, A. 2010. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Iran. Zoosystematica Rossica 19: 361-386.
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Fernandez-Delgado, C. & Rossomanno, S. 1997. Reproductive biology of the mosquitofish in a permanent natural lagoon in south-west Spain: two tactics for one species. Journal of Fish Biology 51: 80-92.
Fulton, T.W. 1904. The Rate of Growth of Fishes. Twenty-second Annual Report, Part III. Edinburgh: Fisheries Board of Scotland.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A.; Kiabi, B. & Freyhof, J. 2009. First record of the miniature loach Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Karoun drainage, Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 47: 57-62.
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Heydarnejad, M.S. 2009. Length-weight relationships for six freshwater fish species in Iran. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 27: 61-62.
Jamali, H.; Patimar, R.; Farhadi, M.; Golzarianpour, K. & Daraei, V. 2014. Some aspects of the life history of Turcinoemacheilus hafezi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Beshar River, southwestern Iran. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 1(1): 32-38.
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Keivany, Y. & Kamaloo, M.R. 2014. The feeding biology of Loach Fish, Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derzhavin, 1934), in Kordan River, Alborz province. In the Proceedings of the Second Iranian Conference of Ichthyology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 5-6 May 2014, pp. 339-342.
Keivany, Y.; Nasri, M.; Abbasi, K. & Abdoli, A. 2015. Atlas of Inland Water Fishes of Iran. Iran Department of Environment Press, Tehran, Iran. In press.
Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Sayyadzadeh, G.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Eagderi, S.; Patimar, P. & Freyhof, J. 2015. Paracobitis hircanica, a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25: 339-346.
Nalbant, T.T. & Bianco, P.G. 1998. The loaches of Iran and adjacent regions with description of six new species (Cobitoidea). Italian Journal of Zoology 65: 109-123.
Nasehi, F.; Monavari, M.; Naderi, G.; Vaezi, M.A. & Madani, F. 2013. Investigation of heavy metals accumulation in the sediment and body of carp fish in Aras River. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 12(2): 398-410.
Nikolsky, G.V. 1980. Theory of fish population dynamics. Otto Koeltz Science Publishers, Koenigstein. 323p.
Patimar, R.; Adineh, H. & Mahdavi M. J. 2009. Life history of the Western Crested Loach Paracobitis malapterura in the Zarrin-Gol River, East of the Elburz Mountains (Northern Iran). Biologia 64(2): 350-355.
Patimar, R.; Mortazaei, K. & Mollamohammad, Z.S. 2010. On the biological characteristics of a Kessler's loach Schistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) in the northeastern Iran. In: Abstract of the International Loach Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.
Patimar, R.; Amouei, M. & Mir-Ashrafi, S.M. 2011a. New data on the biology of Cobitis cf. satunini from the southern Caspian basin (northern Iran). Folia Zoologica 60(4): 308-314.
Patimar, R.; Mortazaei, K. & Sabiani, A. 2011b. Age, growth and reproductive characteristics of the Turkmenian crested loach Metaschistura cristata (Nemacheilidae). Folia Zoologica 60 (4): 302-307.
Pauly, D. 1984. Fish Population Dynamics in Tropical Waters: A Manual for Use for Programmable Calculators. ICLARM Studies and Reviews 8, 325p.
Prokofiev, A.M. 2009. Problems of the classification and phylogeny of nemacheiline loaches of the group lacking the preethmoid I (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae). Journal of Ichthyology 49(10): 874-898.
Przybylski, M. & Valladolid, M. 2000. Age and growth of the Iberian loach, Cobitis paludica in the Lozoya River (Madrid, Central Spain), an intermittent stream. Folia Zoologica 49: 163-169.
Saadati, M.J. 1977. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Freshwater Fishes of Iran. MSc Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Colins, 212p.
Slavik, O. & Rab, P. 1996. Life history of spined loach, Cobitis taenia, in an isolated site (Psovka Creek, Bohemia). Folia Zoologica 45: 247–252.
Tabatabaei, S.N.; Eagderi, S.; Kaboli, M.; Javanshir, A.; Hashemzadeh-Sagharloo, I. & Zamani, M. 2013. Analysis of the environmental factors affecting the distribution of the Loach (Oxynoemacheillus bergianus) in Kordan River-Iran. Journal of Fisheries 66(2): 159-171.
Tabatabaei, S.N.; Hashemzadeh-Sagharloo, I.; Eagderi, S. & Zamani, M. 2015. Length-weight relationships of fish species in Kordan River (Namak Lake basin), Iran. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31: In press.
Tabiee, O. & Abdoli, A. 2005. A study of biological aspects of Nemacheilus malapterurus, Zarringol River, Golestan Province. Iranian Journal of Natural Resources 57: 715–728. in Farsi.
Tesch, F.W. 1968. Age and growth. In: Ricker, W.E. (ed.) Methods for Assessment of Fish Production in Fresh Waters. IBP Handbook No. 3. Blackwell Press, Oxford. pp. 98-130.
Vinyoles, D.; de Sostoa, A.; Franch, C.; Maceda-Veiga, A.; Casals, F. & Caiola, N. 2010. Lifehistory traits of the stone loach Barbatula barbatula. Journal of Fish Biology 77: 20–32.
Weatherley, A.H. 1972. Growth and Ecology of Fish Populations. Academic Press, London, 293p.
Zamani-Faradonbe, M.; Eagderi, S. & Shahbazi-Naserabad, S. 2015. Length-weight relationships and condition factor of three fish species from Taleghan River (Alborz Province, Iran). Journal of Advanced Botany and Zoology 2(3): 1-3.
Zar, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical Analysis. Englewoods Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall, 717p.
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Abbasi, K.; Valipour, A.; Talebi Haghighi, D.; Sarpanah, A. & Nezami, S. 1999. Atlas of Iranian Fishes. Gilan Inland Waters. Gilan Fisheries Research Centre, Rasht, Iran. 113p. In Farsi.
Abdoli, A. 2000. The Inland Water Fishes of Iran. Iranian Museum of Nature and Wild life, Tehran, Iran. 377p. In Farsi.
Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S.; Seifabadi, S.J.; Keivany, Y.; Kazemi, B. & Wallis, G.P. 2011. Comparison of length-weight relationships in different populations and sexes of Iranian thoothcarps. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27(6): 1401-1403.
Coad, B.W. 1987. Zoogeography of the freshwater fishes of Iran. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Fauna and Zoogeography of the Middle East, Mainz, 1985, pp. 213-228.
Coad, B.W. 2000. Criteria for assessing the conservation status of taxa (as applied to Iranian freshwater fishes). Biologia 55: 537-555.
Coad, B.W. & Nalbant T.T. 2005. A new genus and a new species of a remarkable Nemacheilid fish from Iran (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 48: 303-308.
Daneshvar, E.; Keivany, Y. & Paknehad, E. 2013. Comparative Biometry of the Iranian Cichlid, Iranocichla hormuzensis, in Different Seasons and Sexes. Research in Zoology 3(2): 56-61.
Derzhavin, A.N. 1934. Presnovodnye ryby yuzhnogo poberezh'ya Kaspiya. Vstuplenie [Freshwater fishes of the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. Introduction]. Trudy Azerbaidzhanskogo Otdeleniya Zakavkazskogo Filiala Akademii Nauk SSSR, Sektor Zoologii, Baku 7: 91-126.
Esmaeili, H.R. & Ebrahimi, M. 2006. Length–weight relationships of some freshwater fishes of Iran. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 22: 328-329.
Esmaeili, H.R.; Coad, B.W.; Gholamifard, A.; Nazari, N. & Teimory, A. 2010. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Iran. Zoosystematica Rossica 19: 361-386.
Esmaeili, H.R.; Coad, B.W.; Mehraban, H.R.; Masoudi, M.; Khaefi, R.; Abbasi, K.; Mostafavi, H. & Vatandoust, S. 2014. An updated checklist of fishes of the Caspian Sea basin of Iran with a note on their zoogeography. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 1(3): 152-184.
Fernandez-Delgado, C. & Rossomanno, S. 1997. Reproductive biology of the mosquitofish in a permanent natural lagoon in south-west Spain: two tactics for one species. Journal of Fish Biology 51: 80-92.
Fulton, T.W. 1904. The Rate of Growth of Fishes. Twenty-second Annual Report, Part III. Edinburgh: Fisheries Board of Scotland.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A.; Kiabi, B. & Freyhof, J. 2009. First record of the miniature loach Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Karoun drainage, Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 47: 57-62.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A. & Freyhof, J. 2011a. Oxynoemacheilus kiabii, a new loach from Karkheh river drainage, Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 22 (3): 201-208.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A. & Kiabi, B.H. 2011b. Length-weight relationships for nine nemacheilian loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Iran. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27: 1411-1412.
Hasankhani, M.; Keivany, Y.; Daliri, M.; Pouladi, M. & Soofiani, N.M. 2014. Length-weight and length-length relationships of four species (Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843), Oxynoemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897), Squalius Lepidus (Heckel, 1843) and Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) from the Sirwan River (western Iran). . Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30: 206-207.
Heydarnejad, M.S. 2009. Length-weight relationships for six freshwater fish species in Iran. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 27: 61-62.
Jamali, H.; Patimar, R.; Farhadi, M.; Golzarianpour, K. & Daraei, V. 2014. Some aspects of the life history of Turcinoemacheilus hafezi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Beshar River, southwestern Iran. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 1(1): 32-38.
Jolodar, M.N. & Abdoli, A. 2004. Fish Species Atlas of South Caspian Sea Basin (Iranian Waters). Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Teheran, Iran.110p. In Farsi.
Keivany, Y. & Kamaloo, M.R. 2014. The feeding biology of Loach Fish, Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derzhavin, 1934), in Kordan River, Alborz province. In the Proceedings of the Second Iranian Conference of Ichthyology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 5-6 May 2014, pp. 339-342.
Keivany, Y.; Nasri, M.; Abbasi, K. & Abdoli, A. 2015. Atlas of Inland Water Fishes of Iran. Iran Department of Environment Press, Tehran, Iran. In press.
Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Sayyadzadeh, G.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Eagderi, S.; Patimar, P. & Freyhof, J. 2015. Paracobitis hircanica, a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25: 339-346.
Nalbant, T.T. & Bianco, P.G. 1998. The loaches of Iran and adjacent regions with description of six new species (Cobitoidea). Italian Journal of Zoology 65: 109-123.
Nasehi, F.; Monavari, M.; Naderi, G.; Vaezi, M.A. & Madani, F. 2013. Investigation of heavy metals accumulation in the sediment and body of carp fish in Aras River. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 12(2): 398-410.
Nikolsky, G.V. 1980. Theory of fish population dynamics. Otto Koeltz Science Publishers, Koenigstein. 323p.
Patimar, R.; Adineh, H. & Mahdavi M. J. 2009. Life history of the Western Crested Loach Paracobitis malapterura in the Zarrin-Gol River, East of the Elburz Mountains (Northern Iran). Biologia 64(2): 350-355.
Patimar, R.; Mortazaei, K. & Mollamohammad, Z.S. 2010. On the biological characteristics of a Kessler's loach Schistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) in the northeastern Iran. In: Abstract of the International Loach Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.
Patimar, R.; Amouei, M. & Mir-Ashrafi, S.M. 2011a. New data on the biology of Cobitis cf. satunini from the southern Caspian basin (northern Iran). Folia Zoologica 60(4): 308-314.
Patimar, R.; Mortazaei, K. & Sabiani, A. 2011b. Age, growth and reproductive characteristics of the Turkmenian crested loach Metaschistura cristata (Nemacheilidae). Folia Zoologica 60 (4): 302-307.
Pauly, D. 1984. Fish Population Dynamics in Tropical Waters: A Manual for Use for Programmable Calculators. ICLARM Studies and Reviews 8, 325p.
Prokofiev, A.M. 2009. Problems of the classification and phylogeny of nemacheiline loaches of the group lacking the preethmoid I (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae). Journal of Ichthyology 49(10): 874-898.
Przybylski, M. & Valladolid, M. 2000. Age and growth of the Iberian loach, Cobitis paludica in the Lozoya River (Madrid, Central Spain), an intermittent stream. Folia Zoologica 49: 163-169.
Saadati, M.J. 1977. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Freshwater Fishes of Iran. MSc Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Colins, 212p.
Slavik, O. & Rab, P. 1996. Life history of spined loach, Cobitis taenia, in an isolated site (Psovka Creek, Bohemia). Folia Zoologica 45: 247–252.
Tabatabaei, S.N.; Eagderi, S.; Kaboli, M.; Javanshir, A.; Hashemzadeh-Sagharloo, I. & Zamani, M. 2013. Analysis of the environmental factors affecting the distribution of the Loach (Oxynoemacheillus bergianus) in Kordan River-Iran. Journal of Fisheries 66(2): 159-171.
Tabatabaei, S.N.; Hashemzadeh-Sagharloo, I.; Eagderi, S. & Zamani, M. 2015. Length-weight relationships of fish species in Kordan River (Namak Lake basin), Iran. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31: In press.
Tabiee, O. & Abdoli, A. 2005. A study of biological aspects of Nemacheilus malapterurus, Zarringol River, Golestan Province. Iranian Journal of Natural Resources 57: 715–728. in Farsi.
Tesch, F.W. 1968. Age and growth. In: Ricker, W.E. (ed.) Methods for Assessment of Fish Production in Fresh Waters. IBP Handbook No. 3. Blackwell Press, Oxford. pp. 98-130.
Vinyoles, D.; de Sostoa, A.; Franch, C.; Maceda-Veiga, A.; Casals, F. & Caiola, N. 2010. Lifehistory traits of the stone loach Barbatula barbatula. Journal of Fish Biology 77: 20–32.
Weatherley, A.H. 1972. Growth and Ecology of Fish Populations. Academic Press, London, 293p.
Zamani-Faradonbe, M.; Eagderi, S. & Shahbazi-Naserabad, S. 2015. Length-weight relationships and condition factor of three fish species from Taleghan River (Alborz Province, Iran). Journal of Advanced Botany and Zoology 2(3): 1-3.
Zar, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical Analysis. Englewoods Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall, 717p.
Abdoli, A. 2000. The Inland Water Fishes of Iran. Iranian Museum of Nature and Wild life, Tehran, Iran. 377p. In Farsi.
Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S.; Seifabadi, S.J.; Keivany, Y.; Kazemi, B. & Wallis, G.P. 2011. Comparison of length-weight relationships in different populations and sexes of Iranian thoothcarps. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27(6): 1401-1403.
Coad, B.W. 1987. Zoogeography of the freshwater fishes of Iran. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Fauna and Zoogeography of the Middle East, Mainz, 1985, pp. 213-228.
Coad, B.W. 2000. Criteria for assessing the conservation status of taxa (as applied to Iranian freshwater fishes). Biologia 55: 537-555.
Coad, B.W. & Nalbant T.T. 2005. A new genus and a new species of a remarkable Nemacheilid fish from Iran (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 48: 303-308.
Daneshvar, E.; Keivany, Y. & Paknehad, E. 2013. Comparative Biometry of the Iranian Cichlid, Iranocichla hormuzensis, in Different Seasons and Sexes. Research in Zoology 3(2): 56-61.
Derzhavin, A.N. 1934. Presnovodnye ryby yuzhnogo poberezh'ya Kaspiya. Vstuplenie [Freshwater fishes of the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. Introduction]. Trudy Azerbaidzhanskogo Otdeleniya Zakavkazskogo Filiala Akademii Nauk SSSR, Sektor Zoologii, Baku 7: 91-126.
Esmaeili, H.R. & Ebrahimi, M. 2006. Length–weight relationships of some freshwater fishes of Iran. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 22: 328-329.
Esmaeili, H.R.; Coad, B.W.; Gholamifard, A.; Nazari, N. & Teimory, A. 2010. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Iran. Zoosystematica Rossica 19: 361-386.
Esmaeili, H.R.; Coad, B.W.; Mehraban, H.R.; Masoudi, M.; Khaefi, R.; Abbasi, K.; Mostafavi, H. & Vatandoust, S. 2014. An updated checklist of fishes of the Caspian Sea basin of Iran with a note on their zoogeography. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 1(3): 152-184.
Fernandez-Delgado, C. & Rossomanno, S. 1997. Reproductive biology of the mosquitofish in a permanent natural lagoon in south-west Spain: two tactics for one species. Journal of Fish Biology 51: 80-92.
Fulton, T.W. 1904. The Rate of Growth of Fishes. Twenty-second Annual Report, Part III. Edinburgh: Fisheries Board of Scotland.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A.; Kiabi, B. & Freyhof, J. 2009. First record of the miniature loach Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Karoun drainage, Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 47: 57-62.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A. & Freyhof, J. 2011a. Oxynoemacheilus kiabii, a new loach from Karkheh river drainage, Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 22 (3): 201-208.
Golzarianpour, K.; Abdoli, A. & Kiabi, B.H. 2011b. Length-weight relationships for nine nemacheilian loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Iran. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27: 1411-1412.
Hasankhani, M.; Keivany, Y.; Daliri, M.; Pouladi, M. & Soofiani, N.M. 2014. Length-weight and length-length relationships of four species (Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843), Oxynoemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897), Squalius Lepidus (Heckel, 1843) and Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) from the Sirwan River (western Iran). . Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30: 206-207.
Heydarnejad, M.S. 2009. Length-weight relationships for six freshwater fish species in Iran. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 27: 61-62.
Jamali, H.; Patimar, R.; Farhadi, M.; Golzarianpour, K. & Daraei, V. 2014. Some aspects of the life history of Turcinoemacheilus hafezi (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Beshar River, southwestern Iran. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 1(1): 32-38.
Jolodar, M.N. & Abdoli, A. 2004. Fish Species Atlas of South Caspian Sea Basin (Iranian Waters). Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Teheran, Iran.110p. In Farsi.
Keivany, Y. & Kamaloo, M.R. 2014. The feeding biology of Loach Fish, Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derzhavin, 1934), in Kordan River, Alborz province. In the Proceedings of the Second Iranian Conference of Ichthyology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 5-6 May 2014, pp. 339-342.
Keivany, Y.; Nasri, M.; Abbasi, K. & Abdoli, A. 2015. Atlas of Inland Water Fishes of Iran. Iran Department of Environment Press, Tehran, Iran. In press.
Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Sayyadzadeh, G.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Eagderi, S.; Patimar, P. & Freyhof, J. 2015. Paracobitis hircanica, a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 25: 339-346.
Nalbant, T.T. & Bianco, P.G. 1998. The loaches of Iran and adjacent regions with description of six new species (Cobitoidea). Italian Journal of Zoology 65: 109-123.
Nasehi, F.; Monavari, M.; Naderi, G.; Vaezi, M.A. & Madani, F. 2013. Investigation of heavy metals accumulation in the sediment and body of carp fish in Aras River. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 12(2): 398-410.
Nikolsky, G.V. 1980. Theory of fish population dynamics. Otto Koeltz Science Publishers, Koenigstein. 323p.
Patimar, R.; Adineh, H. & Mahdavi M. J. 2009. Life history of the Western Crested Loach Paracobitis malapterura in the Zarrin-Gol River, East of the Elburz Mountains (Northern Iran). Biologia 64(2): 350-355.
Patimar, R.; Mortazaei, K. & Mollamohammad, Z.S. 2010. On the biological characteristics of a Kessler's loach Schistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) in the northeastern Iran. In: Abstract of the International Loach Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.
Patimar, R.; Amouei, M. & Mir-Ashrafi, S.M. 2011a. New data on the biology of Cobitis cf. satunini from the southern Caspian basin (northern Iran). Folia Zoologica 60(4): 308-314.
Patimar, R.; Mortazaei, K. & Sabiani, A. 2011b. Age, growth and reproductive characteristics of the Turkmenian crested loach Metaschistura cristata (Nemacheilidae). Folia Zoologica 60 (4): 302-307.
Pauly, D. 1984. Fish Population Dynamics in Tropical Waters: A Manual for Use for Programmable Calculators. ICLARM Studies and Reviews 8, 325p.
Prokofiev, A.M. 2009. Problems of the classification and phylogeny of nemacheiline loaches of the group lacking the preethmoid I (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae). Journal of Ichthyology 49(10): 874-898.
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