First record of the loach fish Paracobitis cf. malapterura in the Kavir basin, northern Iran

Saber Vatandoust; Arash Joladeh Roudbar; Hamed Mousavi-Sabet

International Journal of Aquatic Biology (Mar 2014)

First record of the loach fish Paracobitis cf. malapterura in the Kavir basin, northern Iran

Saber Vatandoust,
Arash Joladeh Roudbar,
Hamed Mousavi-Sabet

Affiliations

Saber Vatandoust: Department of Fisheries, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandarn, Iran.
Arash Joladeh Roudbar: Department of Animal Science and Fisheries Sari University of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandran, Iran
Hamed Mousavi-Sabet: Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Someh Sara, Guilan, Iran

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 27 – 28

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The loach fish Paracobitis cf. malapterura Valenciennes, 1846 (Nemacheilidae), formerly believed to be an endemic species in the Caspian Sea basin, was recorded for the first time in the upper Kavir basin. This extension of its recorded range makes it likely that it has been overlooked in other parts of the Kavir basin.

Nam River, Iran, zoogeography, Nemacheilidae

Published in International Journal of Aquatic Biology

ISSN: 2383-0956 (Print); 2322-5270 (Online)
Publisher: University of Tehran
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: http://ij-aquaticbiology.com/index.php/ijab

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