A New Record of Paracobitis rhadinaea (Regan, ۱۹۰۶)

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 ۲۰۱۲ 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. REFERENCES  Annandale, N. and Hora, S. L (۱۹۲۰) The fish of Sistan. Records of the Indian Museum, ۱۸:۱۵۱-۲۰۳, pls. XV-XVII (includes: - Appendix. Note on the fisheries of the delta of the Helmand and on the use of shaped rafts of bulrushes in India and Seistan, by N. Annandale). Bănărescu, P. M. and Nalbant, T. T (۱۹۹۵) A generical classification of Nemacheilinae with description of two new genera (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, Bucurešti, ۳۵:۴۲۹-۴۹۶.  Banarescu, P., Nalbant T.T. and Chelmu, S (۱۹۷۲) Revision and geographical variation of Sabanejewia aurata in Romania and the origin of S. bulgarica and S. romanica (Pisces, Cobitidae). Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae Bratislava, ۷۵: ۴۹.  Boudaghpour, S (۲۰۱۱) Arid Season Affecting Hamun Lake in South East Iran Water, Fishing and Agriculture Crisis. International Conference on Food Engineering and Biotechnology. IACSIT Press, Singapoore. Coad B.W (۱۹۸۰) Environmental change and its impact on the freshwater fishes of Iran. Biological Conservation, ۱۹ (۱): ۵۱– ۸۰.   Coad, B.W (۱۹۸۱) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annotated check-list. Publication Zoology Natural Museum Canadian. ۱۴:۲۳p.  Coad, B. W (۲۰۱۲) Freshwater Fishes of Iran. http://www.briancoad.com. Chaudhuri, B. L (۱۹۰۹) Descriptions of new species of Botia and Nemachilus. Records of the Indian Museum, ۳:۳۳۹-۳۴۲.  Erk'akan, F., S.C. Ozeren and Nalbant, T.T (۲۰۰۸) Cobitis evreni sp. Nova-A New Spined loach Species (Cobitidae) from the Southern Turkey. Journal of Fisheries International, ۳(۴): ۱۱۲-۱۱۴.  Eschmeyer, W.N (۲۰۰۴) Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of January ۲۰۰۴. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in January ۲۰۰۴.   Fowler, H. W. and Steinitz, H(۱۹۵۶) Fishes from Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Oman. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, ۵B:۲۶۰-۲۹۲.  Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J (۲۰۰۷) Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland and Freyhof, Berlin, Germany, ۶۴۶ p.  Mansoori, J (۱۹۹۴) The Hamoun Wildlife Refuge. Heidelberg: Max Kasparek Verlag: ۱-۵۷.  Mousavi-Sabet, H., Gharaei, A. and Ghaffari, M (۲۰۱۳) Threatened fishes of the world: Paracobitis rhadinaeus (Regan, ۱۹۰۶) (Nemacheilidae). Croatian Journal of Fisheries, ۷۱: ۸۷-۸۹.  Nalbant, T.T. and Bianco, P.G (۱۹۹۸) The loaches of Iran and adjacent regions with description of six new species (Cobitoidea). Italian Journal of Zoology, ۶۵:۱۰۹-۱۲۵. Nelson, J.S (۲۰۰۶) Fishes of the world. ۴th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ۱۴۱:۶۲۲ p.  Nikol'skii, G. V (۱۹۴۷) Gol'tsy besstochnykh vodoemov Turkmenii [The loaches of the inland waters of Turkmenia]. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologii, ۵۲:۲۹-۳۴.  Whitney, J.W (۲۰۰۶) Geology, water, and wind in the lower Helmand Basin, southern Afghanistan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report ۲۰۰۶–۵۱۸۲, ۴۰ p.

Keywords:

Paracobitis rhadinaea , Nemacheilidae , Morphometric , Meristic , Sistan basin , Iran