Checklists - Farsi Names
?add names from Species Accounts Farsi Names
The purpose of this list is to bring together the Farsi, English
and scientific names of the freshwater fishes of Iran. Confusion over
the names of fishes can render any study or article confusing or even
useless. Generally the best course to follow is to use the scientific
name, at least initially, and then use the common name. However,
common names are often more familiar or evocative to readers,
especially in popular and newspaper articles.
Effective management of resources as well as scientific and popular
studies and publications need a clear link between common and
scientific names. Such linkages also facilitate access to the
extensive world literature on fishes and their biology.
This is by no means a final listing; I hope to elicit a response
from readers of this section in order to add common names in Farsi to
the list.
Farsi Names
The Farsi name(s) are given below the scientific name. They have
been obtained from literature sources (listed in Coad (1995; 1999))
but primarily in discussions with Iranian ichthyologists. These names
may have a meaning if translated into English but since these are
never or very rarely used they are not translated here (translations
can be found in the Species Accounts). A prime
example would be safid mahi (= white fish) which occasionally appears
in travel and scientific literature under this English name. Confusion
has arisen over the use of this English translation since whitefish in
English scientific literature refers to members of the salmon family (Salmonidae,
usually the genus Coregonus) and not this Iranian member of the
carp family (Cyprinidae, Rutilus frisii).
Some of the names are highly original and evocative in English
translation while others are direct translations of the English names.
Interesting names include ordak mahi (= duck fish in reference to the
characteristic snout of the pike), gel-cheragh (= mud-eater or
mud-grazer in relation to feeding habits for several unrelated
fishes), gour-e khar (= striped donkey, i.e. zebra, for Aphanius
spp.) and heif-e noon (= waste of bread, i.e. valueless, used in
Khuzestan for Chondrostoma regium).
A number of Iranian species have no common Farsi name that I have
been able to discover and are indicated by a question mark (?).
Doubtful names are also indicated by a question mark. Any reader who
can supply a common name and is sure of the species
identification is asked to email me (see www.briancoad.com
for contact methods).
Ideally a preserved specimen of the fish should be sent to me for
verification to avoid confusion and misunderstandings.
Some genera and families have a common name without a unique
modifier for each species. These names are included here. I have not
added modifiers in case a reader informs me of a common name. In
future, if no common name seems to exist in Farsi, then it may be
advisable to invent one to separate the species.
Several names exist for certain species, used locally. Some common
name lists standardise a common name for each species but I have not
attempted this here. More research and feedback from readers is needed
to determine which names are the most commonly used, widespread and
acceptable before one is chosen in preference to another. The variety
of names is a regional heritage and should not be casually ignored.
Robins et al. (1991a) give reasons and criteria for
establishing a single common name for each species.
English Names
The English name(s) in commonest or official use are
given here in parentheses below the Farsi name. Some Iranian species
lack English names for the simple reason that these fishes do not
occur in English-speaking countries nor are they widely known as
aquarium, food or sport fishes.
A single English name has not been selected as the
primary aim of this work is to link scientific and Farsi names and
secondarily to indicate the English names of the species as an aid in
data retrieval and comprehension.
Note that many English names are composed of a noun
and a modifying adjective. For simplicity the noun is not repeated
each time with its adjective so there is "common, Oriental,
eastern, bronze or carp bream" rather than "common bream,
Oriental bream, eastern bream, bronze bream and carp bream". A
semicolon (;) may separate words which are not part of a series of
adjectives. Thus "beluga; great, giant or European sturgeon"
indicates that "beluga" is a fish name by itself while
sturgeon may have the adjectives great, giant and European.
Reference sources include Robins et al. (1991a;
1991b) for North American native species and species important to
North Americans, Berg (1948-1949), Lindberg and Heard (1972) and
Ricker (1973) for the former U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries, and OECD
(1995) for official names used by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations.
For Caspian Sea basin species, the name is often taken
from the common usage in Berg (1948-1949) where the Russian name has
been given its translation. Berg's work has been widely used as a
reference source on fishes in the Caspian Sea and adjacent basins
since the original Russian work is also available in English
translation. Note that some Russian names have no direct equivalent in
English and the Cyrillic orthography is converted to English. Purely
Russian names are not included when well-known English names are
available, e.g. the Russian "nalim" for burbot or eelpout (Lota
lota).
Some Russian names are in common use in the Caspian
basin of Iran even though there are Farsi names for the fishes. The
northern fisheries were once controlled by Russian experts. An example
of this is Huso huso, the beluga (a Russian word but also used
in Farsi and English) or fil mahi (purely Farsi). Alternative names,
such as great or giant sturgeon, do not appear commonly in Iranian
scientific and popular works despite being more descriptive and
evocative in English and having the advantage of not being confused
with the whale of the same name. Similarly, kutum (safid mahi, Rutilus
frisii kutum) is often used in scientific literature as a common
name and is included here although there is a less well-known English
version (Southern Caspian roach).
An exhaustive listing of Russian, Turkmen and
Azerbaijani names is not given here and the reader is referred to the
Russian edition of Berg (1948-1949) and Lindberg and Heard (1972) for
further details. Some names in Gilaki and Mazanderani from the Caspian
coast of Iran have been given from sources in the Encyclopaedia
Iranica, Columbia University Press, New York (?website). Some
names from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan may be used in Iran, especially
near the borders, but I have no information on this usage.
Similarly Heckel (1843, 1846-1849) lists a number of
Arabic names of fishes which also occur in Iran, although these works
are now probably out of date. More recent common names can be found in
Khalaf (1961), Mahdi (1962), Al-Nasiri and Hoda (1976) and other works
on Iraqi fishes (see Coad and Al-Hassan (1988) for a bibliography on
these fishes). Arabic common names are used in Khuzestan and are
included here, modified in Farsi, where this usage is known.
A summary of works on Turkish fishes is found in Coad
and Kuru (1986). Fishes of Pakistan are summarised in Mirza (1972,
1990) with a bibliography on this fauna in Mirza (1978). I am not
aware if common names from Pakistan are used widely in Iranian
Baluchestan and so these are not included here.
The English common name presents problems where
several subspecies, "morpha" or "forms" have been
described within a species. This is almost entirely a problem of the
Caspian Sea basin where Russian workers have distinguished many
subspecies of the families Clupeidae and Cyprinidae in particular.
Each of these has a common name, at least in Russian, usually relating
to the locality of the subspecies. Some recent studies have
demonstrated that these subspecies are often ill-founded and even
distinct species have been shown to be the same as more widespread
ones outside the Caspian Sea basin (Coad, 1996b). I have listed all
the available names in English including those with adjectives which
seem to be geographically inappropriate. For example, Barbus
brachycephalus is called the Aral barbel in Robins et al.
(1991b), presumably based on the type subspecies found in the Aral Sea
basin. A distinct subspecies in the Caspian Sea basin, Barbus
brachycephalus caspius, is more appropriately called the Caspian
barbel here. Furthermore, many of these Russian common names for
subspecies and their English translations are "book names" -
artificial constructs not used by local people.
An additional problem lies with nomenclatural changes
in the scientific name. Alosa pontica, a member of the family
Clupeidae, was previously thought to inhabit only the waters of the
Black Sea and was appropriately named in English as the Pontic shad or
Black Sea herring. As now understood this species is also found in the
Caspian Sea (albeit as a distinct subspecies) and the English name is
inappropriate. In such cases I have also retained the older name for
the Caspian Sea species or subspecies. Conversely when a species or
subspecies previously known only from, for example, the Caspian Sea
has been shown to be synonymous with a more widespread species then
the name of the widespread species is added to the list. An example is
the short-snouted pipefish, Syngnathus abaster, once regarded
as a distinct subspecies in another species (Syngnathus
nigrolineatus caspius or Caspian pipefish).
Scientific Names
The most recent scientific name is given for each
species. It should be understood that scientific names are dynamic,
changing as our understanding of the relationships of fishes changes.
A recent reference on the scientific names and nomenclatorial problems
of Iranian freshwater fishes is Coad (1995). The current list also
serves as an updated version of that work. Changes include the
placement of Pseudophoxinus persidis in the genus Leuciscus
(after N. Bogutskaya, pers. comm., 1995) and the distinction of
Aphanius persicus (Coad, 1996a). Lazara (1995) proposes the use
of the genus Lebias over Aphanius in Cyprinodontidae but
Kottelat (1997) disagrees. Kottelat (1997) also demonstrates that Sander
has priority over Stizostedion and along with Eschmeyer (1998)
lists other minor changes. Elvira (1997) resurrects Chondrostoma
cyri. Nalbant and Bianco (1998) describe 5 new species of
Balitoridae from Iran.
The arrangement of families and orders also changes
with time and this too is reflected here. The arrangement has been
changed from that used in Coad (1995) to accord with Nelson (1994),
which was not then available.
Coverage
A brief listing of distribution is given for each
species after the scientific name based on drainage basins (see Coad
(1995) for map). The limits of this article are the political
boundaries of Iran including the Caspian Sea south of a line drawn
between the borders of Iran and Azerbaijan in the west and Iran and
Turkmenistan in the east. The Caspian Sea has a salt concentration
about one-third seawater and the fauna there is a mixture of
freshwater and brackish or marine species.
A few species in the south are included although they
are thought of as primarily marine. An example is a single shark
species which can reside in fresh waters and has considerable
importance since it preys on humans (Coad and Papahn, 1988). The scientific name list contains more marine species that may enter fresh
waters.
Format
Classes, orders and families are listed in phylogenetic sequence following Nelson (1994). Within families species are listed alphabetically by scientific name. A separate alphabetical
list of Farsi names is appended for convenience.
Class 1. Cephalaspidomorphi
Order 1. Petromyzontiformes
Family 1. Petromyzontidae (lampreys)
1. Caspiomyzon wagneri (Kessler, 1870) - Caspian Sea basin.
mar mahi, mar mahi dahangerd, mahi dahangerd daryacheh-ye khazar.
(Caspian or Volga lamprey).
Class 2. Chondrichthyes
Order 2. Carcharhiniformes
Family 2. Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks)
1. Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes in Müller and Henle, 1839) - Tigris River basin.
kooseh, sag mahi.
(bull shark).
Class 3. Actinopterygii
Order 3. Acipenseriformes
Family 3. Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
1. Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt in Brandt and Ratzeburg, 1833 - Caspian Sea basin.
chalbash, tass mahi (this term includes A. gueldenstaedtii, and A. nudiventris for large eggs, in fisheries statistics),
تاس ماهي روس (= tass mahi Rus), osetra, sag mahi, mahi-ye kaviar, kaviari rusi.
(osetr; Russian, Kura, Persian or Azov-Black Sea sturgeon).
2. Acipenser nudiventris Lovetzky, 1828 - Caspian Sea basin.
ship, šep, tass mahi (included under this name with A. gueldenstaedtii and A. persicus when eggs are large for fisheries statistics),
tass mahi shekam brahne, sag mahi, mahi-ye kaviar, keshdi, shenavar.
(spiny, thorn or fringebarbel sturgeon; ship or sheap).
3. Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 - Caspian Sea basin.
kara burun, darakul, tirij, tass mahi (this term includes A. gueldenstaedtii), tass mahi Iran, tas mahi Irani, sag mahi, mahi-ye kaviar.
(Persian or Kura sturgeon).
4. Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 - Caspian Sea basin.
uzun burun, darakul, sevruga, sevroga, sag mahi, mahi-ye kaviar, puze draz.
(sevruga or stellate sturgeon (this term also includes A. nudiventris with small eggs for fisheries statistics), South Caspian stellate sturgeon, star sturgeon).
5. Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
fil mahi, beluga, beloga, mahi kaviar-e bozorg, sag mahi, mahi-ye kaviar.
(beluga; great, giant or European sturgeon).
Order 4. Anguilliformes
Family 4. Anguillidae (freshwater eels)
1. Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
mar mahi ma'muli.
(European, common, silver or yellow eel).
Order 5. Clupeiformes
Family 5. Clupeidae (herrings)
1. Alosa braschnikowii (Borodin, 1904) - Caspian Sea basin.
shag mahi, shag mahi-ye Khazari.
(Caspian marine shad; Kura, striped, Agrakhan, bigeye, dolginka, whitehead, Astrabad, yellow-back, Gasan-Kuli, Kiselevitch, Krasnovodsk, eastern, Sara, or May herring; driver, glutton).
2. Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838) - Caspian Sea basin.
shag mahi shekam bozorg, shag mahi chekameh dar, shag mahi darya-ye khazar, zalun (in Gilaki), puzanok.
(Caspian, North Caspian, Central Caspian, il'men, Enzeli, Sara, Baku or Astrabad shad).
3. Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) - Caspian Sea basin.
shag mahi-ye posht siah, shag mahi darya-ye siah, zalun (in Gilaki), puzanok.
(blackback, blacknose, Caspian anadromous shad; black-spined, Volga, many-rakered or Astrakhan herring; Pontic shad, Black Sea herring).
4. Alosa saposchnikowii (Grimm, 1887) - Caspian Sea basin.
shag mahi-e chesm dorosht, shag mahi.
(bigeye or Saposhnikovi shad).
5. Alosa sphaerocephala (Berg, 1913) - Caspian Sea basin.
shag mahi Agrakhan.
(roundheaded or Agrakhan shad).
6. Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann, 1840) - Caspian Sea basin.
kilka or kelka, rizeh keraye, rizeh kuli, kilka-ye ma'muli.
(common kilka or tyulka; sardelle; Caspian sprat, kilka or tyulka; common Caspian kilka, Black Sea sprat).
7. Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904) - Caspian Sea basin.
kilka or kelka, rizeh keraye, kilka-ye anchovy.
(anchovy sprat or kilka, anchovy-like tyulka, sardelle).
8. Clupeonella grimmi Kessler, 1877 - Caspian Sea basin.
kilka or kelka, kilka-ye cheshm dorosht.
(South Caspian sprat, bigeye kilka or tyulka, sardelle).
9. Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) - Tigris River basin; probably other rivers of southern Iran.
sobur, zobur, zabur, zomur, brk, mahi khor kuchiku.
(hilsa; Indian, river or hilsa shad; ilisha).
Order 6. Gonorhynchiformes
Family 6. Chanidae (milkfishes)
1. Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) - Hormuz basin.
khameh mahi.
(milkfish, salmon herring)
Order 7. Cypriniformes
Family 7. Cyprinidae (carps and minnows)
1. Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
sim, mahi-ye sim.
(common, Oriental, eastern, bronze or carp bream).
2. Abramis sapa (Pallas, 1814) - Caspian Sea basin.
sim, sapa, mahi sim kondpuzh.
(white-eye, South Caspian or southern white-eye bream).
3. Acanthalburnus microlepis (De Filippi, 1863) - Caspian Sea basin.
?
(blackbrow bleak).
4. Acanthalburnus urmianus (Günther, 1899) - Lake Orumiyeh basin.
?
(None).
5. Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River basin.
kalashpa, shebhe-sardin, shebhe-nazy.
(None).
6. Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) - Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh, Namak Lake, Esfahan, Kor, Tigris and Tedzhen (= Hari) River basins.
mahi khiateh or khayateh, parak, lapak (in Mazandaran), shebhe zury (in Khuzestan).
(riffle minnow or bleak; spirlin).
7. Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin; widely introduced.
mahi morvarid, kuli Irani, kuli-ye Irani.
(bleak, Transcaucasian, Persian or Safid River bleak).
8. Alburnus atropatenae Berg, 1925 - Lake Orumiyeh basin.
?
(None).
9. Alburnus chalcoides (Gueldenstaedt, 1772) - Caspian Sea basin.
shah kuli (in Gilaki), shah mahi; aslak (in Mazandaran); siah kuli, safid kuli.
(bleak, Caspian shemaya, Danube bleak).
10. Alburnus filippii Kessler, 1877 - Caspian Sea basin.
kuli Kura, kuli-ye Kura.
(Kura or Filippi's bleak).
11. Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843 - Esfahan, Tigris and Kor Rivers, Gulf, Hormuz and Lake Maharlu basins.
shah kuli-ye jonubi.
(None).
12 Aspidoparia morar (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) - Makran and Mashkid River basins.
?
(None).
13. Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
mash mahi, khasham.
(asp; redlip, Caspian or South Caspian asp).
14. Aspius vorax Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River basin.
shelej, sholge.
(None).
15. Barbus barbulus Heckel, 1849 - Gulf, Tigris and Kor River basins.
lab-pahn; berzem or berzem lab-pahn (in Khuzestan); boz mahi or sos mahi (in the Dalaki and Shapur river basins).
(None).
16. Barbus brachycephalus Kessler, 1872 - Caspian Sea basin.
zardek, zardehpar, sos mahi, sas mahi khazari.
(Caspian barbel, Aral barbel)
17. Barbus capito (Gueldenstaedt, 1773) - Caspian Sea basin.
usach bulatmai, usach chanari, zardek, zard pareh, zardehpar, rnj, sos mahi, pulad mahi, ses mahi bozorg.
(None).
18. Barbus esocinus (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River basin.
soong (in northern Khuzestan and Lorestan); anzeh and bach (at Ahvaz and in southern Khuzestan); bizz, narbach; balzard.
("Tigris salmon", "Euphrates salmon", pike barb).
19. Barbus grypus Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River, Gulf and Hormuz basins.
shirbot or shilbot, shaboot, rumi, sos mahi, shebhe shirbot; sorkheh (in the Zohreh River).
(large scaled barb).
20. Barbus kersin Heckel, 1843 - Gulf, Tigris and Kor River basins.
berzem.
(None).
21. Barbus kosswigi (Ladiges, 1960) - Tigris River basin.
abu henesh, shebhe shirbot.
(None).
22. Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843 - Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh and Tigris River basins.
blizem
(Kura barbel).
23. Barbus luteus (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River, Kor River, Lake Maharlu, Gulf and Hormuz basins.
himri, sangal.
(golden barb).
24. Barbus mursa (Gueldenstaedt, 1773) - Caspian Sea and Namak Lake basins.
sos mahi, mahi siah, zardek-e qalami, ses mahi koloft safid rud.
(mursa).
25. Barbus pectoralis Heckel, 1843 - Gulf, Tigris and Kor River basins.
bassan, berzem, ? touyeni.
(None).
26. Barbus sharpeyi Günther, 1874 - Tigris River basin.
binni, soleimani.
(None).
27. Barbus sublimus Coad and Najafpour, 1997
?
(None).
28. Barbus subquincunciatus Günther, 1868 - Tigris River basin.
soleimani.
(black spot barb).
29. Barbus xanthopterus (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River basin.
gatan.
(None).
30. Barilius mesopotamicus Berg, 1932 - Tigris River and Gulf basins.
?
(None).
31. Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
simparek, mahi sim nama.
(Transcaucasian white bream; silver, white or flat bream).
32. Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844) - Namak Lake, Kavir, Kerman-Na'in, Esfahan, Kor and Tigris River basins.
shum, siah mahi.
(None).
33. Capoeta barroisi (Lortet in Barrois, 1894) - Tigris River and Gulf basins.
siah mahi Dasht-e Arzhani.
(None).
34. Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877 - Namak Lake basin.
shamshiri; mahi sibeli (at Karaj).
(None).
35. Capoeta capoeta (Gueldenstaedt, 1773) - Caspian Sea, Tedzhen (= Hari) River, Lake Orumiyeh, Kavir, Bejestan, Sirjan, Namak Lake, Esfahan, Tigris River and Gulf basins.
tilkhos, siah mahi; soru (in the Dalaki and Shapur river basins)
(Lenkoran, Kura, or Transcaspian khramulya or barb).
36. Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1842) - Namak Lake, Esfahan, Tigris River, Gulf, Kor River, Lake Maharlu, Sirjan, Kerman-Na'in, Hormuz, Lut and
Hamun-e Jaz Murian basins.
zardeh or siah mahi (in the Caspian basin); touyeni, gel-cheragh or
gel khorok (in Khuzestan); qezel ala (in Chahar Mahall).
(None).
37. Capoeta fusca Nikolskii, 1897 - Tedzhen (= Hari) River, Bejestan, Sistan and Lut basins.
siah mahi.
(None).
38. Capoeta trutta (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River basin.
touyeni (in Khuzestan); shir mahi, barg bidy, ? berzem.
(None).
39. Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Widely introduced.
mahi-ye talaee (in Khuzestan); ooshin; kopur-cheh or karaz (in Mazandaran); mahi-ye howz, mahi howz noqreai.
(silver crucian carp, goldfish, Prussian carp).
40. Chondrostoma cyri Kessler, 1877 - Caspian Sea basin.
?
(Kura nase; blackbelly; Kura undermouth).
41. Chondrostoma regium (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris and Kor Rivers and northern Gulf basins.
jokhorak, nazok; heif-e noon (in Khuzestan).
(None).
42. Crossocheilus latius (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) - Makran, Mashkid River and Sistan basins.
?
(None).
43. Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844) - Widely introduced.
alaf khoar or kopur alaf khoar; amur (in Khuzestan).
(grass carp, white amur).
44. Cyprinion kais Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River and Gulf basins.
butak-e dehan kuchek, butok, lotak.
(None).
45. Cyprinion macrostomum Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River and Gulf basins.
botak, lotak or butak-e dehan buzorg (in Khuzestan); kopur, ? galuk.
(large-mouthed barb).
46. Cyprinion milesi (Day, 1880) - Hormuz, Hamun-e Jaz Murian and Makran basins.
?
(None).
47. Cyprinion tenuiradius Heckel, 1849 - Kor River, Lake Maharlu and Gulf basins.
?
(None).
48. Cyprinion watsoni (Day, 1872) - Hormuz, Hamun-e Jaz Murian, Mashkid River, Makran, Sistan and Lut basins.
?
(None).
49. Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 - Tedzhen (= Hari) River and Caspian Sea basins. Widely introduced.
kopur, kapur (in Gilaki), kopur-e aineheh, kopur-e ma'muli; rashti or kopur-e rashti (in Khuzestan); mahi-ye gul.
(common, mirror, leather, European or German carp; koi).
50. Garra persica Berg, 1913 - Hamun-e Jaz Murian, Hormuz basins and Sistan basins.
gel-cheragh.
(None).
51. Garra rossica (Nikolsky, 1900) - Tedzhen (= Hari) River, Bejestan, Sistan, Lut, Hamun-e Jaz Murian, Mashkid River and Makran basins.
gel-cheragh, ? anjarak.
(None).
52. Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River, Kor River, Lake Maharlu and Gulf basins, Hormuz basin.
shirbot, gel khorok, gel-cheragh, gararufa.
(None).
53. Garra variabilis (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River basin.
gel-cheragh.
(None).
54. Gobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tedzhen (= Hari) River basin.
mahi kopur kafzi.
(Turkestan gudgeon).
55. Gobio persus Günther, 1899 - Lake Orumiyeh and Caspian Sea basins.
?
(Kura or Persian gudgeon).
56. Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewski, 1855) - Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin.
tizeh-kuli.
(sharpbelly, common sawbelly, knifefish).
57. Hemigrammocapoeta elegans (Günther, 1868) - Tigris River basin.
?
(None).
58. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844) - Widely introduced.
fytofag (in Khuzestan), kopur noqreai.
(silver carp, thickforehead, white thickforehead).
59. Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1844) - Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin. sarghundeh (in the Caspian Sea basin), kopur sarkhundeh.
(bighead, painted thickforehead).
60. Iranocypris typhlops Bruun and Kaiser, 1944 - Tigris River basin.
mahi-ye kurghar.
(Iran cave barb, blind cave fish).
61. Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843) - Caspian Sea basin.
mahi riz noqrehai.
(sunbleak, white aspe, moderlieschen).
62. Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
shamshir mahi, shamshir mahi ab shirin.
(razorfish, sabre carp, sabrefish, ziege).
63. Petroleuciscus persidis (Coad, 1981) - Kor River, Gulf and Hormuz basins.
?
(None).
64. Petroleuciscus ulanus (Günther, 1899) - Lake Orumiyeh basin.
?
(None).
65. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 - Introduced to the Namak Lake basin.
?
(fathead minnow).
66. Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel in Siebold, 1842) - Widely introduced.
amurcheh.
(stone moroko; topmouth gudgeon or minnow).
67. Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782) - Caspian Sea basin.
mahi mokhrj lulehai.
(bitterling).
68. Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840) - Caspian Sea basin.
mahi safid, mahi safid daryacheh khazar, sifid mahi (in Gilaki), talaji (in Mazanderani).
(Southern Caspian roach, kutum).
69. Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
kolme, kolme Gorgan, talaji, mahi cheshm qermez.
(roach, vobla; North Caspian, Astrakhan, Kura, Astrabad or Turkmenian vobla or roach).
70. Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
sorkh pareh, sorkh baleh.
(rudd, redeye, redfin, pearl roach).
71. Schizocypris altidorsalis Bianco and Banarescu, 1982 - Sistan basin.
gorgak.
(None).
72. Schizopygopsis stoliczkai Steindachner, 1866 - Sistan basin.
kopur barfi.
(false osman, Pamir snowcarp).
73. Schizothorax intermedius (McClelland, 1842) - Sistan basin.
mawda (in Sistan), marinka.
(common marinka).
74. Schizothorax pelzami Kessler, 1870 - Tedzhen (= Hari) River and Kavir basin.
khaju, shir mahi.
(Transcaspian marinka).
75. Schizothorax zarudnyi (Nikolskii, 1897) - Sistan basin.
hamun mahi, mahi khaju, shir mahi, anjac.
(None).
76. Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh, Namak Lake and Tigris River basins.
mahi safid (in the Caspian basin and in central Iran); safid rudkhanehai (in Khuzestan).
(Caucasian or European chub).
77. Squalius latus Keyserling, 1861 - Tedzhen (= Hari) River basin.
?
(Transcaspian or Murgab dace).
78. Squalius lepidus Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River basin.
kawar.
(None).
79. Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
lai mahi, naji, tilkhos.
(tench, green tench).
80. Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin.
siah kuli, kuli.
(Caspian vimba, southern white-eye, vimba).
Family 8. Cobitidae (loaches)
1. Cobitis linea (Heckel, 1849) - Kor River, Gulf and Hormuz basins.
sag mahi.
(None).
2. Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758 - Caspian Sea and Tigris River basins.
sag mahi sangi, mahi roshtegar; loch or gel khorok (in Khuzestan).
(spined, spine or spiny loach; stone loach, weatherfish).
3. Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1865) - Caspian Sea and Tedzhen (= Hari) River basins.
sag mahi khardar.
(Hither Asia spined loach, golden spined or spiny loach).
4. Sabanejewia caspia (Eichwald, 1838) - Caspian Sea basin.
sag mahi khardar, mahi roshtegar talaee.
(Caspian spined loach, spiny loach).
Family 9. Balitoridae (hillstream loaches)
1. Barbatula angorae (Steindachner, 1897) - Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh, Namak Lake and Tigris River basins.
sag mahi Angora, mar mahi.
(Angora loach).
2. Barbatula bergiana (Derzhavin, 1934) - Caspian Sea basin and Namak Lake basin.
sag mahi Safidrud, mar mahi.
(Sefidrud loach).
3. Barbatula brandtii (Kessler, 1877) - Caspian Sea basin.
sag mahi Kura, mar mahi.
(Kura loach).
4. Barbatula farsica (Nalbant and Bianco, 1998) - Namak Lake, Kor River and Gulf basins.
?
(None)
5. Barbatula frenata (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River basin.
sag mahi, mar mahi.
(None).
6. Barbatula kermanshahensis (Bănărescu and Nalbant, 1967) - Tigris River basin.
sag mahi Kermanshaheh, mar mahi.
(None).
7. Barbatula persa (Heckel, 1849) - Kor River and Lake Maharlu basins.
sag mahi Fars, mar mahi.
(None).
8. Ilamnemacheilus longipinnis Coad and Nalbant, 2005 -
Tigris River basin.
? None. 9. Paracobitis iranica Nalbant and Bianco, 1998 - Namak Lake basin.
?
(None).
10. Paracobitis longicauda (Kessler, 1872) - Tedzhen (= Hari) River basin.
sag mahi kakl dar sharqeh, mar mahi.
(eastern crested loach).
11. Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846) - Tigris River, Caspian Sea, Tedzhen (= Hari) River, Lake Orumiyeh, Namak Lake and Kor River basins.
sag mahi kakl dar gharbeh, mar mahi.
(western crested loach).
12. Paracobitis rhadinaea (Regan, 1906) - Sistan, Caspian Sea and Tedzhen (= Hari) River basins.
sag mahi, mar mahi.
(None).
13. Paracobitis smithi (Greenwood, 1976) - Tigris River basin.
sag mahi gharzeh, mar mahi.
(blind loach).
14. Paracobitis vignai Nalbant and Bianco, 1998 - Sistan basin
?
(None).
15. Schistura bampurensis (Nikolskii, 1899) - Hamun-e Jaz Murian, Makran and Lut basins.
sag mahi Bampur, mar mahi.
(None).
16. Schistura cristata (Berg, 1898) - Tedzhen (= Hari) River basin and Caspian Sea basins.
sag mahi kakl dartrkmni, mar mahi.
(Turkmenian crested loach).
17. Schistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) - Tedzhen (= Hari) River, Sistan, Mashkid River and Bejestan basins.
sag mahi Bejestan, mar mahi.
(Kessler's loach).
18. Schistura nielseni Nalbant and Bianco, 1998 - Gulf basin.
?
(None)
19. Schistura sargadensis (Nikolskii, 1899) - Hamun-e Jaz Murian, Mashkid River, Bejestan, Kerman-Na'in, Lut and Sirjan basins.
sag mahi Sarhad, mar mahi.
(Turkmen loach).
20. Triplophysa stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1866) - Sistan basin.
sag mahi pamir, mar mahi.
(Tibetan, Pamirs or Stoliczka's loach).
21. Seminemacheilus tongiorgii Nalbant and Bianco, 1998 - Hormuz basin.
?
(None).
Order 8. Silurifomes
Family 10. Bagridae (bagrid catfishes)
1. Mystus pelusius (Solander in Russell, 1794) - Tigris River basin.
abu-zummair, sag mahi, chamu.
(None).
Family 11. Siluridae (sheatfishes)
1. Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 - Caspian Sea, Lake Orumiyeh, Tedzhen (= Hari) River and Tigris River basins.
esbele (in Gilaki), esbele Europaiye, gorba-mahi, gorbeh mahi rogahee, mahi-e sebili; nake (in the Lake Orumiyeh basin).
(European or Danube catfish, sheatfish, wels).
2. Silurus triostegus Heckel, 1843 - Tigris River basin.
esbele, jirri, yary, esbele binonehrin; sag mahi (in Khuzestan).
(Mesopotamian catfish).
Family 12. Sisoridae (sisorid catfishes)
1. Glyptothorax kurdistanicus (Berg, 1931) - Tigris River basin.
gorbeh mahi Kordestan, arteshi.
(None).
2. Glyptothorax silviae Coad, 1981 - Tigris River and Gulf basins.
gorbeh mahi jonub, arteshi.
(None).
Family 13. Heteropneustidae (stinging catfishes)
1. Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) - Introduced to the Tigris River basin.
eshlambo (in Mazandaran); dood or dudeh, abu shalambo (in Khuzestan).
(Indian stinging catfish, stinging catfish).
Order 9. Esociformes
Family 14. Esocidae (pikes)
1. Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 - Caspian Sea basin; widely introduced.
ordak mahi, shook chehkhab.
(pike, northern pike).
Order 10. Salmoniformes
Family 15. Salmonidae (salmons and trouts)
1. Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Introduced to the Namak Lake basin.
safid mahi, safid mahi juibarye.
(powan, houting, skelly, gwyniad, lavaret, pollan).
2. Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792) - Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin.
azad mahi keta, mahi azad chum.
(chum or dog salmon, keta, summer chum).
3. Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) - Widely introduced.
qezel ala ranginkaman; mahi qezel ala, qezel ala (probably in confusion with native Salmo trutta).
(rainbow or steelhead trout).
4. Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 - Caspian Sea, Namak Lake and Lake Orumiyeh basins; widely introduced.
mahi azad or mahi-ye azad, azad mahi (in Gilaki), mahi qezel ala-ye daryacheh khazar (for the subspecies caspius); mahi qezel ala,
mahi azad-ye kezel ala-ye bumi, qezel ala khalqermez, qezel ala khalqermez yabumi, qezel ala-ye juibarye (for freshwater residents);
mahi azade khal sorkh; qezel ala-ye Liqvanchai (for trout in the Lake Orumiyeh basin).
(Caspian salmon for sea-run fish; brook, brown or river trout).
5. Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) - Introduced to the Namak Lake basin.
azad mahi cheshmahi.
(brook or speckled trout, brook charr).
6. Stenodus leucichthys (Gueldenstaedt, 1771) - Caspian Sea basin.
safid mahi, azad mahi Volga, mahi ziba, inkonu.
(inconnu, Caspian inconnu, white salmon).
Order 11. Gadiformes
Family 16. Gadidae (cods)
1. Lota lota Linnaeus, 1758 - Caspian Sea basin.
mahi charb, lot.
(burbot, eelpout).
Order 12. Mugiliformes
Family 17. Mugilidae (mullets)
1. Liza abu (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River and Gulf basins.
biah, biah zury, shochy, or do'kelki in Khuzestan, ? derbak.
(abu mullet).
2. Liza aurata (Risso, 1810) - Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin.
kefal-e auratus or kafal-e auratus, kefal-e zarin, kefal talaee.
(golden or long-finned mullet; golden grey mullet; long-finned grey mullet).
3. Liza saliens (Risso, 1810) - Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin.
kefal-e saliens or kafal-e saliens, kafal-e poozehbank.
(sharpnose, small or grey mullet; leaping grey mullet).
4. Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 - Tigris River, Gulf, Hormuz and Makran basins.
kefal or kafal, biah srpehn.
(striped, grey, black, jumping, flathead grey, sea or river mullet).
Order 13. Atheriniformes
Family 18. Atherinidae(silversides)
1. Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 - Caspian Sea basin.
shisheh mahi, gol azin mahi, atrinka.
(Caspian silverside, Caspian sand smelt, Boyer's sand smelt).
Family 19. Cyprinodontidae (tooth-carps)
1. Aphanius dispar (Rüppell, 1829) - Tigris River, Gulf, Hormuz, Makran, Hamun-e Jaz Murian and Mashkid River basins.
gour-e khar, kapurdandan-e balmband.
(high-finned pupfish, Arabian killifish, mother of pearl fish).
2. Aphanius ginaonis (Holly, 1929) - Hormuz basin.
gour-e khar, kapurdandan-e Genu.
(Holly's pupfish).
3. Aphanius isfahanensis Hrbek, Keivany and Coad, 2007
kapurdandan-e Esfahan.
Esfahan tooth-carp).
4. Aphanius mento (Heckel, 1843) - Tigris River basin.
gour-e khar, kapurdandan-e irani.
(Persian pupfish, Persian minnow).
5. Aphanius persicus (Jenkins, 1910) - Lake Maharlu basin.
gour-e khar, kapurdandan-e Fars.
(None).
6. Aphanius sophiae (Heckel, 1849) - Kor River basin.
gour-e khar, kapurdandan-e sufieh.
(Cypris pupfish).
7. Aphanius vladykovi Coad, 1988 - Tigris River basin.
gour-e khar, kapurdandan-e Zagros, mahi parchami.
(Zagros pupfish).
Family 20. Poeciliidae (livebearers)
1. Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 - Widely introduced.
gambusia.
(mosquitofish, eastern mosquitofish).
Order 14. Gasterosteiformes
Family 21. Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)
1. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin.
mahi sekhareh.
(threespine stickleback).
2. Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859) - Caspian Sea basin.
nokhar, mahi sehkhareh nama, mahi khardar.
(southern ninespine stickleback).
Family 22. Syngnathidae (pipefishes)
1. Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1826 - Caspian Sea basin.
ney mahi, ney mahi darya-ye Khazar, suzan mahi.
(Caspian or short-snouted pipefish).
Order 15. Synbranchiformes
Family 23. Mastacembelidae (spiny eels)
1. Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks and Solander in Russell, 1794) - Tigris River, Kor River and Gulf basins.
mar mahi, mar mahi khardar.
(Mesopotamian spiny eel).
Order 16. Perciformes
Family 24. Centrarchidae (sunfishes)
1. Micropterus salmoides (Lacèpede, 1802) - Introduced to the Tigris River basin.
khorshid mahi baleh kuchak, bs dehanbozorg.
(largemouth bass).
Family 25. Percidae (perches)
1. Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 - Caspian Sea basin.
mahi-ye khardar, bacheh suf, mahi suf rudkhaneh-ye Astrakhan, suf Haji Tarkhan, suf rudkhaneh-ye.
(perch; European or Eurasian perch).
2. Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Caspian Sea basin; widely introduced.
suf, suf-e ma'muli, sibey or sibeyak (in Gilaki), ? sevideh.
(pike-perch, European pikeperch, zander).
3. Sander marinum (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828) - Caspian Sea basin.
suf-e daryai-ye.
(sea pike-perch, sea zander, estuarine perch).
Family 26. Sparidae (porgies)
1. Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) - Gulf basin.
shaanak.
(yellow-finned porgy or seabream; yellow-finned black porgy, Japanese silver bream).
Family 27. Cichlidae (cichlids)
1. Iranocichla hormuzensis Coad, 1982 - Hormuz basin.
siklid Irani, siklid Hormuz.
(None).
Family 28. Gobiidae (gobies)
1. Anatirostrum profundorum (Berg, 1927) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi nokhardkeh.
(duckbill tadpole goby).
2. Benthophilus baeri Kessler, 1877 - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi Baer, sag mahi.
(Baer tadpole goby).
3. Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler, 1877 - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi shfaf, sag mahi.
(transparent tadpole goby).
4. Benthophilus macrocephalus (Pallas, 1787) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi vzgheh, sag mahi.
(Caspian tadpole goby, bighead goby).
5. Benthophilus magistri Iljin, 1927 - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi Lenkoran, sag mahi.
(Lenkoran tadpole goby).
6. Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage, 1874) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi khtri, gav mahi bacheh qurbaqei, sag mahi.
(stellate tadpole goby, Caspian starry goby).
7. Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837 - Tigris River, Gulf, Hormuz and Makran basins.
eshlambo, gel khorok.
(mudskipper).
8. Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) - Tigris River, Gulf, Hormuz and Makran basins.
gel-ye mahi, chshm noarye.
(bar-eyed, tank, white or flathead goby).
9. Knipowitschia caucasica (Kavraiskii in Berg, 1916) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi qffazye.
(Caucasus bald goby).
10. Knipowitschia iljini Berg, 1931 - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi.
(None).
11. Neogobius caspius (Eichwald, 1831) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi Khazari.
(Hyrcanian or Caspian goby).
12. Neogobius cyrius (Kessler, 1874) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi.
(None).
13. Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi rudkhaneha-ye.
(Caspian sand goby, darkie, Caspian monkey goby).
14. Neogobius gorlap Il'in in Berg, 1949
mahi kafzi, gel-ye mahi sar bozorg, gav mahi sar gondeh.
(bighead goby, gorlap goby).
15. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi gerd.
(Caspian round goby, black-spotted goby).
16. Neogobius ratan (Nordmann, 1840) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi ratan.
(Caspian ratan or rotan goby).
17. Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1955 - Tigris River, Gulf, Hormuz and Makran basins, gel khorok, gel-cheragh.
gel-cheragh, mahi-sag.
(mudskipper).
18. Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 18l4) - Caspian Sea basin.
gav mahi, sag mahi, gel-ye mahi marmari.
(tubenose, marbled or mottled goby).
19. Rhinogobius similis Gill, 1859 - Tedzhen (= Hari) River basin.
gel-ye mahi.
(lake goby).
Family 29. Channidae (snakeheads)
1. Channa gachua (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) - Hamun-e Jaz Murian basin.
mahi sar mary.
(brown or smooth-breasted snakehead).
Checklist of Farsi Names
correlate with list above and with species accounts? abu henesh = Barbus kosswigi
abu shalambo (in Khuzestan) = Heteropneustes fossilis
abu-zummair = Mystus pelusius
alaf khoar = Ctenopharyngodon idella
amur (in Khuzestan) = Ctenopharyngodon idella
amurcheh = Pseudorasbora parva
anjac = Schizothorax zarudnyi
anjarak = Garra rossica
anzeh (at Ahvaz and in southern Khuzestan) = Barbus esocinus
arteshi = Glyptothorax spp.
aslak (in Mazandaran) = Chalcalburnus chalcoides
atrinka = Atherina boyeri
azad mahi (in Gilaki) = Salmo trutta
azad mahi cheshmahi = Salvelinus fontinalis
azad mahi keta = Oncorhynchus keta
azad mahi Volga = Stenodus leucichthys
brk = Tenualosa ilisha
bach (at Ahvaz and in southern Khuzestan) = Barbus esocinus
bacheh suf = Perca fluviatilis
balzard = Barbus esocinus
barg bidy = Capoeta trutta
bas dehanbozorg = Micropterus salmoides
bassan = Barbus pectoralis
beluga = Huso huso
berzem = Barbus barbulus
berzem = Barbus kersin
berzem = Barbus pectoralis
berzem = Capoeta trutta
berzem lab-pahn (in Khuzestan) = Barbus barbulus
biah = Liza abu
biah srpehn = Mugil cephalus
biah zury (in Khuzestan) = Liza abu
binni = Barbus sharpeyi
bizz = Barbus esocinus
blizem = Barbus lacerta
boluga = Huso huso
botak (in Khuzestan) = Cyprinion macrostomum
boz mahi = Barbus barbulus
botak dehan buzorg = Cyprinion macrostomum
butak-e dehan buzorg = Cyprinion macrostomum
butak-e dehan kuchek = Cyprinion kais
butok = Cyprinion kais
chalbash = Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
chamu = Mystus pelusius
darakul = Acipenser persicus
darakul = Acipenser stellatus
derbak = Liza abu
do'kelki (in Khuzestan)= Liza abu
dood (in Khuzestan) = Heteropneustes fossilis
dudeh (in Khuzestan) = Heteropneustes fossilis
esbele (in Gilaki) = Silurus glanis
esbele binonehrin = Silurus triostegus
esbele Europaiye = Silurus glanis
esbele = Silurus triostegus
eshlambo = Boleophthalmus dussumieri
eshlambo = catfishes
eshlambo (in Mazandaran) = Heteropneustes fossilis
eshlambo = Boleophthalmus dussumieri
fil mahi = Huso huso
fytofag (in Khuzestan) = Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
galuk = Cyprinion macrostomum
gambusia = Gambusia holbrooki
gararufa = Garra rufa
gatan = Barbus xanthopterus
gav mahi Baer = Benthophilus baeri
gav mahi khtri = Benthophilus stellatus
gav mahi bacheh qurbaqei = Benthophilus stellatus
gav mahi Lenkoran = Benthophilus magistri
gav mahi nokhardkeh = Anatirostrum profundorum
gav mahi sar gondeh = Neogobius gorlap
gav mahi shfaf = Benthophilus ctenolepidus
gav mahi vzgheh = Benthophilus macrocephalus
gav mahi = Gobiidae
gel-cheragh (in Khuzestan) = Capoeta damascina
gel-cheragh (in the south of Iran) = Capoeta spp.
gel-cheragh = Garra rufa
gel-cheragh = Garra spp.
gel-cheragh = Periophthalmus waltoni
gel khorok = Boleophthalmus dussumieri
gel khorok = Capoeta damascina
gel khorok = Cobitis taenia
gel khorok = Garra rufa
gel khorok = Periophthalmus waltoni
gel-ye mahi = Knipowitschia iljini
gel-ye mahi = Neogobius cyrius
gel-ye mahi = Rhinogobius similis
gel-ye mahi chshm noarye = Glossogobius giuris
gel-ye mahi gerd = Neogobius melanostomus
gel-ye mahi Khazari = Neogobius caspius
gel-ye mahi marmari = Proterorhinus marmoratus
gel-ye mahi qffazye = Knipowitschia caucasica
gel-ye mahi ratan = Neogobius ratan
gel-ye mahi rudkhaneha-ye = Neogobius fluviatilis
gel-ye mahi sar bozorg = Neogobius gorlap
gol azin mahi = Atherina boyeri
gorba-mahi = Silurus glanis
gorbeh mahi jonub = Glyptothorax silviae
gorbeh mahi = Glyptothorax spp.
gorbeh mahi Kordestan = Glyptothorax kurdistanicus
gorbeh mahi rogahee = Silurus glanis
gorgak = Schizocypris altidorsalis
gour-e khar = Aphanius spp.
hamun mahi = Schizothorax zarudnyi
heif-e noon (in Khuzestan) = Chondrostoma regium
himri = Barbus luteus
inkonu = Stenodus leucichthys
jirri = Silurus triostegus
jokhorak = Chondrostoma regium
kafal = Mugil cephalus
kafal-e auratus = Liza aurata
kafal-e poozehbank = Liza saliens
kafal-e saliens = Liza saliens
kafal talaee = Liza aurata
kalashpa = Acanthobrama marmid
kapur (in Gilaki) = Cyprinus carpio
kapurdandan-e Arvand = Aphanius mento kapurdandan-e balmband
= Aphanius dispar kapurdandan-e Esfahan = Aphanius isfahanensis kapurdandan-e Fars = Aphanius persicus kapurdandan-e
Genu
= Aphanius ginaonis kapurdandan-e irani = Aphanius mento
kapurdandan-e safiyeh = Aphanius
sophiae kapurdandan-e sufieh = Aphanius sophiae kapurdandan-e Zagros = Aphanius vladykovi kara burun = Acipenser persicus
karaz (in Mazandaran) = Carassius auratus
kaviari rusi = Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
kawar = Leuciscus lepidus
kefal = Liza spp.
kefal = Mugil spp.
kefal-e auratus = Liza aurata
kefal-e saliens = Liza saliens
kefal-e zarin = Liza aurata
kefal talaee = Liza aurata
kelka = Clupeonella spp.
keshdi = Acipenser nudiventris
khaju = Schizothorax pelzami
khameh mahi = Chanos chanos
khasham = Aspius aspius
khorshid mahi baleh kuchak = Micropterus salmoides
kilka = Clupeonella spp.
kilka-ye anchovy = Clupeonella engrauliformis
kilka-ye cheshm dorosht = Clupeonella grimmi
kilka-ye ma'muli = Clupeonella cultriventris
kolme = Rutilus rutilus
kolme Gorgan = Rutilus rutilus
kooseh = Carcharhinus leucas
kopur = Cyprinion macrostomum
kopur = Cyprinus carpio
kopur alaf khoar = Ctenopharyngodon idella
kopur barfi = Schizopygopsis stoliczkai
kopur-cheh (in Mazandaran) = Carassius auratus
kopur-e aineheh = Cyprinus carpio
kopur-e rashti (in Khuzestan) = Cyprinus carpio
kopur ma'muli = Cyprinus carpio
kopur noqreai = Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
kopurdandan-e balmband = Aphanius dispar
kapurdandan-e Esfahan = Aphanius isfahanensis kopurdandan-e Fars = Aphanius persicus
kopurdandan-e Genu = Aphanius ginaonis
kopurdandar Irani = Aphanius mento
kopurdandan-e sufieh = Aphanius sophiae
kopurdandan-e Zagros = Aphanius vladykovi
kopur sarkhundeh = Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
koregon = Coregonus lavaretus
kuli = Vimba vimba
kuli Irani = Alburnus alburnus
kuli Kura = Alburnus filippii
kuli-ye Irani = Alburnus alburnus
kuli-ye Kura = Alburnus filippii
lab-pahn = Barbus barbulus
lai mahi = Tinca tinca
lapak (in Mazandaran) = Alburnoides bipunctatus
loch (in Khuzestan) = Cobitis taenia
lot = Lota lota
lotak = Cyprinion kais
lotak (in Khuzestan) = Cyprinion macrostomum
lotak dehan buzorg = Cyprinion macrostomum
mahi azad (sea run) = Salmo trutta
mahi azad chum = Oncorhynchus keta
mahi azad-ye qezel ala-ye bumi = Salmo trutta
mahi azade khal sorkh = Salmo trutta
mahi charb = Lota lota
mahi cheshm qermez = Rutilus rutilus
mahi dahangerd daryacheh-ye khazar = Caspiomyzon wagneri
mahi-e kaviar = Acipenser gueldenstaedti
mahi-e kaviar = Acipenser nudiventris
mahi-e kaviar = Acipenser persicus
mahi-e kaviar = Acipenser stellatus
mahi-e kaviar = Huso huso
mahi-e sebili = Silurus glanis
mahi howz noqreai = Carassius auratus
mahi kafzi = Neogobius gorlap
mahi kaviar-e bozorg = Huso huso
mahi khaju = Schizothorax zarudnyi
mahi khardar = Pungitius platygaster
mahi khayateh = Alburnoides bipunctatus
mahi khiateh = Alburnoides bipunctatus
mahi khor kuchiku = Tenualosa ilisha
mahi kopur kafzi = Gobio gobio
mahi mokhrj lulehai = Rhodeus amarus
mahi morvarid = Alburnus alburnus
mahi parchami = Aphanius vladykovi
mahi qachaq = bootleg fish
mahi qezel ala = Oncorhynchus mykiss
mahi qezel ala (freshwater resident) = Salmo trutta
mahi qezel ala-ye daryacheh khazar (for the subspecies caspius) = Salmo trutta
mahi riz noqrehai = Leucaspius delineatus
mahi roshtegar = Cobitis taenia
mahi roshtegar talaee = Sabanejewia caspia
mahi safid (Caspian basin and central Iran) = Leuciscus cephalus
mahi safid = Rutilus frisii
mahi safid daryacheh khazar = Rutilus frisii
mahi-sag = Periophthalmus waltoni
mahi sar mary = Channa gachua
mahi sekhareh = Gasterosteus aculeatus
mahi sehkhareh nama = Pungitius platygaster
mahi siah = Barbus mursa
mahi sibeli (at Karaj) = Capoeta buhsei
mahi sim kondpuzh = Abramis sapa
mahi sim nama = Blicca bjoerkna
mahi suf rudkhaneh-y Astrakhan = Perca fluviatilis
mahi-ye azad (sea run) = Salmo trutta
mahi-ye gul = Cyprinus carpio
mahi-ye howz = Carassius auratus
mahi-ye khardar = Perca fluviatilis
mahi-ye kurghar = Iranocypris typhlops
mahi-ye sim = Abramis brama
mahi-ye talaee (in Khuzestan) = Carassius auratus
mahi ziba = Stenodus leucichthys
mar mahi ma'muli = Anguilla anguilla
mar mahi = Caspiomyzon wagneri
mar mahi = Mastacembelus mastacembelus
mar mahi = balitorid spp.
mar mahi dahangerd = Caspiomyzon wagneri
mar mahi khardar = Mastacembelus mastacembelus
marinka = Schizothorax intermedius
mash mahi = Aspius aspius
mawda (in Sistan) = Schizothorax intermedius
naji = Tinca tinca
nake (in the Lake Orumiyeh basin) = Silurus glanis
narbach = Barbus esocinus
nazok = Chondrostoma regium
ney mahi = Syngnathus abaster
ney mahi darya-ye Khazar = Syngnathus abaster
nokhar = Pungitius platygaster
ooshin = Carassius auratus
ordak mahi = Esox lucius
osetra = Acipenser gueldenstaedti
ourange = Barbus spp.
aparak = Alburnoides bipunctatus
posht siah = Alosa pontica
pulad mahi = Barbus capito
puzanok = Alosa caspia
puzanok = Alosa pontica
puze draz = Acipenser stellatus
qezel ala (in Chahar Mahall) = Capoeta damascina
qezel ala = Oncorhynchus mykiss
qezel ala (freshwater resident) = Salmo trutta
qezel ala-ye juibarye (freshwater residents) = Salmo trutta
qezel ala khalqermez (freshwater resident) = Salmo trutta
qezel ala khalqermez (freshwater resident) = Salmo trutta
qezel ala khalqermez yabumi = Salmo trutta
qezel ala Liqvanchai (Lake Orumiyeh basin) = Salmo trutta
qezel ala ranginkaman = Oncorhynchus mykiss
rnj = Barbus capito
rashti (in Khuzestan) = Cyprinus carpio
rizeh keraye = Clupeonella cultriventris
rizeh keraye = Clupeonella engrauliformis
rizeh kuli = Clupeonella cultriventris
rudkhaneh (in Khuzestan) = Leuciscus cephalus
rumi = Barbus grypus
saba = Abramis sapa
safid kuli = Chalcalburnus chalcoides
safid mahi = Coregonus lavaretus
safid mahi = Stenodus leucichthys
safid mahi juibarye = Coregonus lavaretus
safid rudkhanehai (in Khuzestan) = Leuciscus cephalus
sag mahi = Acipenser spp.
sag mahi = Carcharhinus leucas
sag mahi = Cobitis spp.
sag mahi = Huso huso
sag mahi = Gobiidae
sag mahi = Mystus pelusius
sag mahi Angora = Barbatula angorae
sag mahi Bampur = Schistura bampurensis
sag mahi Bejestan = Schistura kessleri
sag mahi Fars = Barbatula persa
sag mahi gharzeh = Paracobitis smithi
sag mahi kakl dar gharbeh = Paracobitis malapterura
sag mahi kakl dar sharqeh = Paracobitis longicauda
sag mahi kakl dartr kmni = Schistura cristata
sag mahi Kermanshaheh = Barbatula kermanshahensis
sag mahi Kura = Barbatula brandtii
sag mahi Pamir = Triplophysa stoliczkai
sag mahi Safidrud = Barbatula bergiana
sag mahi Sarhad = Schistura sargadensis
sag mahi = balitorid spp.
sag mahi (in Khuzestan) = Silurus triostegus
sag mahi khardar = Sabanejewia aurata
sag mahi khardar = Sabanejewia caspia
sag mahi sangi = Cobitis taenia
sangal = Barbus luteus
sarghundeh (in the Caspian basin) = Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
sas mahi = Barbus spp.
sas mahi khazari = Barbus brachycephalus
šep = Acipenser nudiventris
ses mahi = Barbus spp.
ses mahi bozorg = Barbus capito
ses mahi koloft safid rud = Barbus mursa
sevideh = Sander lucioperca
sevroga = Acipenser stellatus
sevruga = Acipenser stellatus
shaanak = Acanthopagrus latus
shaboot = Barbus grypus
shag mahi = Alosa spp.
shag mahi Agrakhan = Alosa sphaerocephala
shag mahi chekameh dar = Alosa caspia
shag mahi-e chesm dorosht = Alosa saposchnikowii
shag mahi darya-ye khazar = Alosa caspia
shag mahi darya-ye siah = Alosa pontica
shag mahi shekam bozorg = Alosa caspia
shag mahi-ye Khazari = Alosa braschnikowii
shag mahi-ye posht siah = Alosa pontica
shah kuli-ye jonubi = Chalcalburnus mossulensis
shah kuli (in Gilaki) = Chalcalburnus chalcoides
shah mahi = Chalcalburnus chalcoides
shamshir mahi = Pelecus cultratus
shamshir mahi ab shirin = Pelecus cultratus
shamshiri = Capoeta buhsei
sheap = Acipenser nudiventris
shebhe-nazy = Acanthobrama marmid
shebhe-sardin = Acanthobrama marmid
shebhe shirbot = Barbus grypus
shebhe shirbot = Barbus kosswigi
shebhe zury (in Khuzestan) = Alburnoides bipunctatus
shelej = Aspius vorax
shenavar = Acipenser nudiventris
shilbot = Barbus grypus
ship = Acipenser nudiventris
shir mahi = Capoeta trutta
shir mahi = Schizothorax pelzami
shir mahi = Schizothorax zarudnyi
shirbot = Barbus grypus
shirbot = Garra rufa
shisheh mahi = Atherina boyeri
shochy (in Khuzestan) = Liza abu
sholge = Aspius vorax
shook chehkhab = Esox lucius
shum = Capoeta aculeata
siah kuli = Chalcalburnus chalcoides
siah kuli = Vimba vimba
siah mahi = Capoeta aculeata
siah mahi Dasht-e Arzhani = Capoeta barroisi
siah mahi = Capoeta capoeta
siah mahi (in the Caspian basin) = Capoeta damascina
siah mahi = Capoeta fusca
siah mahi (in the north of Iran) = Capoeta spp.
sibey (in Gilaki) = Sander lucioperca
sibeyak (in Gilaki) = Sander lucioperca
sifid mahi (in Gilaki) = Rutilus frisii
siklid Hormuz = Iranocichla hormuzensis
siklid Irani = Iranocichla hormuzensis
sim = Abramis brama
sim = Abramis sapa
simparek = Blicca bjoerkna
sobur = Tenualosa ilisha
soleimani = Barbus sharpeyi
soleimani = Barbus subquincunciatus
soong (in northern Khuzestan and Lorestan) = Barbus esocinus
sorkh baleh = Scardinius erythrophthalmus
sorkh pareh = Scardinius erythrophthalmus
sorkheh (in the Zohreh River) = Barbus grypus
soru (in the Dalaki and Shapur river basins) = Capoeta capoeta
sos mahi (in the Dalaki and Shapur river basins) = Barbus barbulus
sos mahi = Barbus spp.
suf = Sander lucioperca
suf-e daryai-ye = Sander marinum
suf-e ma'muli = Sander lucioperca
suf Haji Tarkhan = Perca fluviatilis
suf rudkhaneh-ye = Perca fluviatilis
suzan mahi = Syngnathus abaster
tas mahi = tass mahi
tass mahi = Acipenser spp. (fishing term, includes more than one species)
tass mahi Iran = Acipenser persicus
tass mahi Irani = Acipenser persicus
tass mahi Rus = Acipenser gueldenstaedti
tass mahi shekam brahne = Acipenser nudiventris
talaji (in Mazandarani) = Rutilus frisii
talaji = Rutilus rutilus
tilkhos = Capoeta capoeta
tilkhos = Tinca tinca
tirij = Acipenser persicus
tizeh-kuli = Hemiculter leucisculus
touyeni = Barbus pectoralis
touyeni (in Khuzestan)= Capoeta damascina
touyeni (in the south of Iran) = Capoeta spp.
touyeni (in Khuzestan) = Capoeta trutta
usach bulatmai = Barbus capito
usach chanari = Barbus capito
uzun burun = Acipenser stellatus
yary = Silurus triostegus
zabur = Tenualosa ilisha
zalun (in Gilaki) = Alosa caspia
zalun (in Gilaki) = Alosa pontica
zard pareh = Barbus capito
zardeh = Capoeta damascina
zardehpar = Barbus brachycephalus
zardehpar = Barbus capito
zardek = Barbus brachycephalus
zardek = Barbus capito
zardek = Barbus spp.
zardek-e qalami = Barbus mursa
zabur = Tenualosa ilisha
zomur = Tenualosa ilisha
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