Iran
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Iran is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range ( these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Orthrias bergianus (Balitoridae) Sefidrud Loach
Orthrias farsicus (Balitoridae)
Orthrias kermanshahensis (Balitoridae) Kermanshah Loach
Orthrias persus (Balitoridae) Persian Loach
Paracobitis iranica (Balitoridae)
Paracobitis smithi (Balitoridae) Blind Loach
Paracobitis vignai (Balitoridae)
Schistura nielseni (Balitoridae) Nielsen's Loach
Seminemacheilus tongiorgii (Balitoridae) Hormoz Loach
Iranocichla hormuzensis (Cichlidae) Hormuz Cichlid
Cobitis linea (Cobitidae) Southern Spined Loach
Acanthalburnus urmianus (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus atropatenae (Cyprinidae)
Barbus sublimus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus subquincunciatus OC (Cyprinidae) Black Spot Barb
Capoeta aculeata (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta buhsei (Cyprinidae)
Chondrostoma orientale (Cyprinidae)
Iranocypris typhlops (Cyprinidae) Iran Cave Barb
Leuciscus persidis (Cyprinidae)
Leuciscus ulanus (Cyprinidae)
Schizocypris altidorsalis (Cyprinidae)
Aphanius ginaonis (Cyprinodontidae) Holly's Pupfish
Aphanius punctatus (Cyprinodontidae)
Aphanius vladykovi (Cyprinodontidae) Zagros Pupfish
Lebias persicus (Cyprinodontidae) Persian Pupfish
Benthophilus leptocephalus (Gobiidae)
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus OC (Sisoridae) Kordestan Sisorid
Glyptothorax silviae (Sisoridae)Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were not included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 29 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 3 species total 32 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Iran.
Ilamnemacheilus longipinnis (Balitoridae) 2005
Alburnus doriae (Cyprinidae)
Aphanius isfahanensis (Cyprinodontidae) 2006