pluristriatus, Cyprinodon Jenkins [J. T.] 1910:125, Pl. 6 (fig. 5) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 5 (pt 2) (art. 12); ref. 14478] East of Shiraz, stream running to Fussa [Fasa], southern Iran, elevation 5000 feet. Syntypes: ZSI F9408-9411 (4), F9412 (?). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:141 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Lebias sophiae Heckel 1847 -- (Lazara 2001:189 [ref. 25711]). •Synonym of Aphanius sophiae (Heckel 1847) -- (Coad 1991:20 [ref. 15702], Wildekamp 1993:64 [ref. 26378], Coad 1996:170 [ref. 23604]). •Questionably a synonym of Aphanius punctatus (Heckel 1847) -- (Coad 1995:26 [ref. 23608]). •Status uncertain, in Aphanius -- (Teimori et al. 2011:55[ref. 31612]). •Valid as Aphanius pluristriatus (Jenkins 1910) -- (Esmaeili et al. 2012:58 [ref. 31822], Teimori et al. 2012:56 [ref. 32136], Ghlolami et al. 2013:131 [ref. 33004] as cf. pleuristratus, Esmaeili et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33250], Esmaeili et al. 2014:33 [ref. 33250] as cf. pleuristratus for Khonj population, Keivany & Esmaeili 2014:67 [ref. 33293], Keivany & Esmaeili 2014:68 [ref. 33293], Gholami et al. 2013:137 [ref. 33304], Esmaeili et al. 2014:248 [ref. 33345], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:894 [ref. 34062], Teimori et al. 2015:90 [ref. 34095], Esmaeili et al. 2017:91 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:73 [ref. 36089], Esmaeili et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36738], Esmaeili et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37446], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:266 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Esmaeilius sophiae (Heckel 1847) -- (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2020:445 [ref. 37656]). •Valid as Esmaeilius pluristriatus (Jenkins 1910) -- (Çiçek et al. 2024:356 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Esmaeilius pluristriatus (Jenkins 1910). Aphaniidae. Distribution: Middle East: southern Iran. Habitat: freshwater.