vladykovi, Aphanius Coad [B. W.] 1988:115, Fig. 1 [Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 23 (no. 1-2); ref. 11814] Large pool in Shahrestan-e Bakhtiari va Chahar Mahall, 3 kilometers west of Boldaji, Iran, 31°57'N, 51°01'E, elevation about 2380 meters. Holotype: NMC 79-0247. Paratypes: NMC 79-0247A (51), 79-0248 (1). •Valid as Lebias vladykovi (Coad 1988) -- (Lazara 2001:190 [ref. 25711]). •Valid as Aphanius vladykovi Coad 1988 -- (Coad 1991:20 [ref. 15702], Wildekamp 1993:66 [ref. 26378], Coad 1995:26 [ref. 23608], Seegers 1997:16 [ref. 23895], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Coad & Abdoli 2000:87 [ref. 25295], Hrbek et al. 2006:250 [ref. 28685], Coad 2009:152 [ref. 30643], Esmaeili et al. 2010:375 [ref. 33391], Teimori et al. 2011:53 [ref. 31612], Esmaeili et al. 2012:58 [ref. 31822], Teimori et al. 2012:56 [ref. 32136], Esmaeili et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33250], Keivany & Esmaeili 2014:68 [ref. 33293], Gholami et al. 2013:136 [ref. 33004], 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. 2017:92 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:74 [ref. 36089], Esmaeili et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36738], Esmaeili et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37446], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:269 [ref. 37983], Kärst et al. 2020:181 [ref. 38165]). •Valid as Esmaeilius vladykovi (Coad 1988) -- (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2020:445 [ref. 37656], Çiçek et al. 2024:358 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Esmaeilius vladykovi (Coad 1988). Aphaniidae. Distribution: Middle East: Upper Karun River drainage, Tigris basin, Zagros Mountains (Iran). Habitat: freshwater.