sargadensis, Nemacheilus Nikolskii [A. M.] 1900:415 [41] [Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v. 4; ref. 14731] Sij-Rischan [Zia Rishan] near Kuh-i-Tuftan volcano, Sargado [Sarhad region], eastern Iran. Syntypes: ZIN 11700 (31). On p. 41 of separate. •Valid as Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii 1900 -- (Berg 1949:876 [ref. 20661] as Nemachilus, Coad 1981:15 [ref. 22348] as Noemacheilus, Coad 1995:23 [ref. 23608], Coad 1996:6 [ref. 23831], Coad 1996:71 [ref. 25297], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869]). •Valid as Schistura sargadensis (Nikolskii 1900) -- (Nalbant & Bianco 1998:117 [ref. 23810]). •Valid as Paraschistura sargadensis (Nikolskii 1900) -- (Prokofiev 2009:892 [ref. 30604], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391], Kottelat 2012:102 [ref. 32367], Vatandoust & Eagderi 2015:182 [ref. 33819], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:888 [ref. 34062], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:5 [ref. 34063], Teimori et al. 2015:90 [ref. 34095], Esmaeili et al. 2015:122 [ref. 35030]). •Synonym of Paraschistura kessleri (Günther 1889) -- (Freyhof et al. 2015:12 [ref. 33865], Esmaeili et al. 2017:71 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:199 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:102 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Paraschistura kessleri (Günther 1889). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Middle East: Mashkid River basin (Iran) [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.