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Issue: Vol. 5620 No. 3: 10 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.3.3
Page range: 437-450
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Tariqilabeo iranicus, a new species of labeonine fish from the Makran basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran.
Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Environment, Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Province, Iran
Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Freshwater fish Taxonomy Labeonine Gonorhynchus Crossocheilus COI Iran Pisces

Abstract

A new species of labeonine fish, Tariqilabeo iranicus sp. nov. is described from the Makran drainage basin of Iran. It is distinguished from its closest congener, Tariqilabeo diplochilus, by having a silvery spot on the operculum, and a snout shorter than the postorbital length. It is further distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters: 34–36 lateral-line scales, 11–14 predorsal scales, 22–24 total gill rakers on the first branchial arch, 3+8 ½ dorsal-fin rays, 14–16 pectoral-fin rays, 9 pelvic-fin rays, 3+5½ anal-fin rays, 2–3 scales between anal-fin origin and anus, 7–8 scales between posteriormost pelvic-fin base and anus, 2 pairs of small barbels, presence of fringes on the rostral fold, and absence of horny tubercles on snout and cheek in males. Tariqilabeo iranicus sp. nov. is further distinguished from T. diplochilus by a K2P nearest-neighbor distance of 4% in the COI barcode region. A key to the species of Tariqilabeo is also presented.

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Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Masoumi, A.H., Hashemi, S.H. & Echreshavi, S. (2025) Tariqilabeo iranicus, a new species of labeonine fish from the Makran basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5620 (3), 437–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.3.3