Cobitis avicennae, Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820643 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FE6C-FE26-28AB-F955FB13FF71 |
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Felipe |
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Cobitis avicennae |
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Cobitis avicennae View in CoL View Figure
Common name. Zagros spined loach.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Cobitis in Persian Gulf basin by: ○ one lamina circularis in male / ○ 12–17 distinct, large, dark-brown blotches in Z4, usually horizontally elongated along anterior part of flank, roundish or vertically elongated on caudal–peduncle. Size up to 98 mm SL.
Distribution View Figure . Iran: Dinevar, Raazavar, and Gamasiab in upper Karkheh drainage.
Habitat. Streams with sandy or muddy bottoms.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.
Remarks. Records from Sirvan ( Iran) and Dukan reservoir in Lesser Zab drainage ( Iraq) might be identified as this species, but these identifications must be confirmed.
Further reading. Coad 2010a (record from Iraq); Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015e (description).
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