Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences (May 2013)

A New Record of Paracobitis rhadinaea (Regan, 1906) after a Hundred Years from Sistan Basin, Southeast of Iran

  • Rahdari, A.,
  • Gharaei, A.,
  • Ghaffari, M.,
  • Pakzad Tochaei, S.,
  • Karami, R.,
  • Righi, M.,
  • Raeisi Azizi, M.,
  • Mishmast, A.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 241 – 245

Abstract

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After around a hundred years of being without any record of occurrence of Paracobitis rhadinaea, a species of Nemacheiline loach, in Sistan basin, southeast of Iran, the year 2012 was the turning point of wild life in this area. Twenty-five specimens were caught from Chahnimeh Reservoir, a water body adjacent to the Hamoun Wetland in Sistan basin. Morphometric and meristic characteristics were measured.

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