''Paracobitis iranica'', the Western crested loach is a species of
stone loach
The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...
endemic to Euphrates and Tigris river systems. This species reaches a length of .
References
*Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38.
iranica
Fish of Asia
Taxa named by Teodor T. Nalbant
Taxa named by Pier Giorgio Bianco
Fish described in 1998
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