5. Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 Common name. Fringebarbel sturgeon Taxonomy. Original description: Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828: 78, pl. 6, fig. 2 [Aral Sea; no types known; original description reproduced in Berg (1905: 2, footnote)]. Revisions. Berg (1948: 66). Illustrations. Berg (1948: 68, figs. 55-56). Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 452-Caspian Marine. Status in Iran. [Native].—Tas mahi shekam brahne.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: None. Conservation. —IUCN: CR.

Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097