Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovacic, Schliewen & Abbasi, 2022

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14960149
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scientific name	Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovacic, Schliewen & Abbasi, 2022
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Common name. Hircaniaen bighead goby

Taxonomy. Original description: Ponticola hircaniaensis Zarei, Esmaeili, Kovacic, Schliewen & Abbasi, 2022: 408 , figs. 1, 5-7a-d [Kaboudval stream, Golestan Province, Iran, 36°53'11.0"N, 54°53'37.8"E; holotype: ZM-CBSU S101-6].

Revisions. Zarei et al. (2021a).

Illustrations. Zarei et al. (2022b: 408, fig. 1).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 450-Turan Plain.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Gavmahi-e Hircani.—Recorded from Iran in the original description by Zarei et al. (2022).— Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.