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Abstract

Oxynoemacheilus zarzianus was described from the Lesser Zab River drainage in Iraqi Kurdistan. Here, we report this species for the first time from the Iranian part of the Sirvan River drainage based on morphological and mtDNA COI barcode sequence characters.

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Freshwater fishes Taxonomy Range extension New record

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Atta MOULUDI-SALEH, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

 
How to Cite
EAGDERI, S., MOULUDI-SALEH, A., GHADERI, E., & FREYHOF, J. (2022). First record of Oxynoemacheilus zarzianus Freyhof & Geiger, 2017 from Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 9(1), 11–15. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v9i1.829

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