Alburnus doriae de Filippi, 1865 – Endemic (Fig. 225) Alburnus maculatus Keyserling [E. Von] 1861: 16 [19]; Type locality: Near Gaz, 32°48'N, 51°37'E, northeast of Esfahan, Iran. No types saved. Alburnus doriae De Filippi [F.] 1865: 360; Type locality: Shiraz, Iran. Lectotype: MZUT N.720. Paralectotypes: MSNG 9102 (6, 5 not this species). Petroleuciscus esfahani Coad [B. W.] & Bogutskaya [N. G.] 2010: 38; Type locality: Esfahan, stream at Dizaj in the southern Zayandeh River drainasge, 31°55'N, 51°30'E, central Iran. Holotype: CMNFI 1979–0249. Paratypes: CMNFI 1979–0251 (1). Alburnus amirkabiri Mousavi-Sabet [H.], Vatandoust [S.], Khataminejad [S.], Eagderi [S.], Abbasi [K.], Nasri [M.], Jouladeh [A.] & Vasil’eva [E. D.] 2015: 43; Type locality: Markazi Province, Ghareh-Chay River, in the Namak Lake basin, 34°53'N, 50°02'E, Iran. Holotype: VMFC ALB201H. Paratypes: VMFC, ZMMU. Common name: Pr: Aroos mahi, En: Dori bleak. Diagnosis: Pharyngeal tooth count usually 2.5–4.2, modally 8 branched dorsal fin rays, modally 10–11 anal fin branched rays, vertebrae count of 40–42, most common vertebral formulae 22 + 19, 22 + 20 and 21 + 20. Meristic characters: D: II–III (III) 7–9 (8), A: III 9–12 (10–11), P: 13–17 (14–16), V: 7–9 (8), GR: 12–18, LL: 44–59, TV: 42–45. Distribution: Namak, Esfahan and Tigris basins (Fig. 226). Found in Zayandehrud, Garachay, Kordan, Jajurud and Behesht Abad Rivers (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2017a). Taxonomy. Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. Due to the wide distribution of this species in the Namak Lake, Esfahan and Tigris basins and their big population size and the lack of any particular known threat, we classified it as Least Concern.

Published as part of Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash, Ghanavi, Hamid Reza & Doadrio, Ignacio, 2020, Ichthyofauna From Iranian Freshwater: Annotated Checklist, Diagnosis, Taxonomy, Distribution and Conservation Assessment, pp. 1-14 in Zoological Studies 59 (21) on pages 126-127, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-21, http://zenodo.org/record/12822787