FIGURE 7. Scale surface microstructures of the studied species: Lepidonts on the rostral scale field. A–I: Aphanius sophiae from the Kor River subsystem (A—Safashahr, B—Ghadamgah, C—Beyza, D—Bandeamir, E—Kharameh) and from the Tashk and Bakhtegan Lakes subsystem (F—Gomban, G—Tashk, H—Bakhtegan, I—Gol); J–M: A. farsicus from the Maharlu Lake Basin (J—Dobaneh, K—Pirbanoo, L—Babunak, M—Barmeshoor); N: A. pluristriatus from Zarjan in the Mond River Basin. Scale bar: 2 µm.

Published as part of Gholami, Zeinab, Teimori, Azad, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Schulz-Mirbach, Tanja & Reichenbacher, Bettina, 2013, Scale surface microstructure and scale size in the tooth-carp genus Aphanius (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) from endorheic basins in Southwest Iran, pp. 467-490 in Zootaxa 3619 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10097437