persa, Cyprinus Pallas [P. S.] 1814:310 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Iran in lakes along the Kura River. No types known. Name published first in Gmelin 1774:241 [ref. 18140, v. 3] as name only. Locality from Kottelat 1997:86 [ref. 22952]. •Synonym of Vimba vimba (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1949:797 [ref. 20661], Lelek 1987:243 [ref. 22962], Coad 1995:20 [ref. 23608], Bogutskaya 1997:180 [ref. 23566], Bogutskaya 1998:73 [ref. 23589], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:89 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Vimba vimba (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:86 [ref. 22952]). •Valid as Vimba persa (Pallas 1814) -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:881 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:40 [ref. 36089], Dyldin et al. 2020:81 [ref. 37569], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:153 [ref. 37983], Dyldin et al. 2023:[35] [ref. 40328], Çiçek et al. 2024:266 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Vimba persa (Pallas 1814). Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.