Freshwater Fishes of Iran


Fish Illustrations

Revised:   23 January 2005

The following is a convenient listing of all freshwater fish line drawings in Freshwater Fishes of Iran. Those with links currently have a line drawing as an illustration. Others may be added in time although probably not for those species yet to be confirmed from Iran. See the Contents page for links by these scientific name to Species Accounts.

* = species not recorded from Iran but in confluent waters.

Abramis brama
Abramis sapa

Acanthalburnus microlepis
Acanthalburnius urmianus
Acanthobrama marmid
Acanthopagrus latus
*Acipenser baerii
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
Acipenser nudiventris
Acipenser persicus
*Acipenser ruthenus
Acipenser stellatus
Alburnoides bipunctatus
*Alburnoides taeniatus
Alburnus alburnus
Alburnus filippii
Alosa braschnikowii
*Alosa curensis
Alosa caspia
Alosa pontica
Alosa saposchnikowii
Alosa sphaerocephala
Anatirostrum profundorum
Anguilla anguilla
Aphanius dispar
, male
Aphanius ginaonis
, male
Aphanius mento
, male
Aphanius persicus
, male
Aphanius persicus
, female
Aphanius sophiae
, male
Aphanius sophiae
, female
Aphanius vladykovi
, male
Aphanius vladykovi
, female
Aspidoparia morar
*Aspiolucius esocinus
Aspius aspius
Aspius vorax
Atherina boyeri
Barbus barbulus
Barbus brachycephalus
Barbus capito
Barbus esocinus
Barbus grypus
Barbus kersin
Barbus kosswigi
Barbus lacerta
Barbus luteus
Barbus mursa
Barbus pectoralis
Barbus sharpeyi
Barbus sublimus
Barbus subquincunciatus
Barbus xanthopterus
Barilius mesopotamicus
*Benthophiloides brauneri
Benthophiloides turcomanus
*Benthophilus abdurahmanovi
Benthophilus baeri
*Benthophilus casachicus
Benthophilus ctenolepidus
*Benthophilus granulosus
*Benthophilus grimmi
*Benthophilus kessleri
Benthophilus leobergi
*Benthophilus leptocephalus
*Benthophilus leptorhynchus
Benthophilus macrocephalus
Benthophilus magistri
*Benthophilus mahmudbejovi
Benthophilus pinchuki
*Benthophilus spinosus
*Benthophilus svetovidovi
Blicca bjoerkna
Boleophthalmus dussumieri
Capoeta aculeata
Capoeta barroisi
Capoeta buhsei
Capoeta capoeta
Capoeta damascina
Capoeta fusca
Capoeta trutta
*Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi
Carassius auratus
*Carassius carassius
Carcharhinus leucas
Carcharhinus leucas
upper tooth
Carcharhinus leucas
lower tooth
Caspiomyzon wagneri
Caspiomyzon wagneri
ammocoete
Caspiomyzon wagneri
disc
Caspiosoma caspium
Chalcalburnus atropatenae
Chalcalburnus chalcoides
Chalcalburnus mossulensis
Channa gachua
Chanos chanos
Chasar bathybius
Chondrostoma cyri
Chondrostoma cyri
ventral view of head
Chondrostoma regium
Clupeonella cultriventris
Clupeonella engrauliformis
Clupeonella grimmi
*Cobitis caucasica
Cobitis linea
Cobitis taenia
Coregonus lavaretus
Crossocheilus latius
Crossocheilus latius
lateral view of head
Crossocheilus latius
ventral view of head
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Cyprinion kais
Cyprinion macrostomum
Cyprinion milesi
Cyprinion tenuiradius
Cyprinion watsoni
Cyprinus carpio
*Engraulis encrasicholus
Esox lucius
*Gambusia affinis
Gambusia holbrooki
Garra persica
Garra rossica
Garra rufa
Garra variabilis
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Glossogobius giuris
*Glyptothorax armeniacus
*Glyptothorax cous
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus
Glyptothorax kurdistanicum
ventral view of head and sucker
Glyptothorax silviae
Glyptothorax silviae
ventral view of head and sucker
*Glyptothorax steindachneri
Gobio gobio
Gobio persus
Hemiculter leucisculus
Hemigrammocapoeta elegans
Heteropneustes fossilis
Huso huso
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Hyrcanogobius bergi
*Ictalurus punctatus
Iranocichla hormuzensis
Iranocypris typhlops
*Knipowitschia bergi
Knipowitschia caucasica
Knipowitschia iljini
*Knipowitschia longecaudata
*Labeo dero
*Labeo gedrosicus
*Labeo macmahoni
Lepomis macrochirus
Leucaspius delineatus
Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus latus
Leuciscus latus scale
Leuciscus lepidus
Liza abu
Liza aurata
Liza saliens
Liza subviridis
Liza vaigiensis
Lota lota
Mastacembelus mastacembelus
*Mesogobius nigronotatus
Mesogobius nonultimus
Micropterus salmoides
*Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
*Morone saxatilis
Mugil cephalus
*Mullus barbatus
Mylopharngodon piceus
Mystus pelusius
*Nemacheilus akhtari
*Nemacheilus altus
Nemacheilus angorae
Nemacheilus baluchiorum
Nemacheilus bampurensis.
Nemacheilus bergianus
*Nemacheilus boutanensis
Nemacheilus brandtii
*Nemacheilus chrysicristinae
Nemacheilus cristatus
Nemacheilus farsicus
*Nemacheilus farwelli
Nemacheilus frenatus
*Nemacheilus ghazniensis
*Nemacheilus griffithi
Nemachelius iranica
Nemacheilus kermanshahensis
Nemacheilus kessleri
*Nemacheilus lindbergi
Nemacheilus longicaudus
Nemacheilus malapterurus
*Nemacheilus namiri
Nemacheilus nielseni
*Nemacheilus oxianus
Nemacheilus persus
*Nemacheilus prashari
Nemacheilus rhadinaeus
Nemacheilus sargadensis
Nemacheilus smithi
Nemacheilus stoliczkai
Nemacheilus tigris
Nemacheilus tongiorgii
Nemacheilus vignai
Neogobius caspius
Neogobius cyrius
Neogobius fluviatilis
Neogbius gorlap
*Neogobius gymnotrachelus
Neogobius melanostomus
Neogobius ratan
Neogobius syrman
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus keta
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oreochromis niloticus
*Oryzias latipes
*Parabramis pekinensis
Pelecus cultratus
Perca fluviatilis
Periophthalmus waltoni
Petroleuciscus persidis
Petroleuciscus ulanus
Pimephales promelas
*Platichthys flesus
Proterorhinus marmoratus
*Psetta maxima
*Pseudogobio rivularis
Pseudorasbora parva
*Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
Pungitius platygaster
Rhinogobius similis
*Rhodeus ocellatus
Rhodeus sericeus
Rutilus frisii
Rutilus rutilus
Sabanejewia aurata
Sabanejewia caspia
*Salmo salar
Salmo trutta
Salvelinus fontinalis
Sander lucioperca
Sander marinum
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Schizocypris altidorsalis
Schizopygopsis stoliczkai
*Schizothorax esocinus
Schizothorax intermedius
*Schizothorax labiatus
Schizothorax pelzami
*Schizothorax plagiostomus
Schizothorax zarudnyi
Silurus glanis
Silurus triostegus
Stenodus leucichthys
Syngnathus abaster
Tenualosa ilisha
*Tilapia zilli
Tinca tinca
*Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi
Vimba vimba

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