nikolskii, Varicorhinus Derjavin [A. N.] 1929:74, Fig. 2 [Bulletins of the Ichthyological Laboratory of Baku. v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 16078] Karaj River, 30 kilometers from Teheran, Iran. Syntypes: (11) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Capoeta buhsei Kessler 1877 -- (Coad 1995:14 [ref. 23608], Esmaeili et al. 2010:368 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:867 [ref. 34062], Zareian & Esmaeili 2017:243 [ref. 36090], Çiçek et al. 2024:156 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Capoeta buhsei Kessler 1877. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Habitat: freshwater.