Paracobitis longicauda (Kessler, 1872) Cobitis longicauda Kessler, 1872: 65. Type locality: Amu-Darya River (Zeravshan river drainage), Uzbekistan. REFERENCES FOR TAJIKISTAN: Nemachilus malapterurus longicauda — Berg (1905: 192): Zeravshan, Amu Darya; Nikolskiy (1938: 153): Amu Darya, Vakhsh, Surhan, and Dyshambinka (Varzob); Berg (1949: 886): Amu Darya, Vakhsh, Surhan, Kafirnigan, Dyshambinka (Varzob), Zeravshan; Shaposhnikova (1950: map): foothill zone of Amu Darya basin. DISTRIBUTION IN TAJIKISTAN: Widespread in Amu Darya drainage (localities 8–10, 14, 15, 17, 19–21, 25, 28–33). CONSERVATION STATUS IN TAJIKISTAN: Not known; not known (sensu IUCN). SPECIMENS EXAMINED: IBIW_FS (n = 37) (Artaev et al., 2024). FMNH: 145654, 145657, 151132, 151127, 151140, 151153, 151162, 151168, 151183, 151188, 151194.

Published as part of Artaev, Oleg, Thoni, Ryan, Mirzoev, Nuriddin & Levin, Boris, 2025, Ichthyofauna of Tajikistan: Diversity and Changes over the Past Century, pp. 1-56 in American Museum Novitates 2025 (4032) on page 25, DOI: 10.1206/4032.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20514623