iranica, Paracobitis Nalbant [T. T.] & Bianco [P. G.] 1998:114, Figs. 13 A-D [Italian Journal of Zoology v. 65, Suppl.; ref. 23810] River Qom near the town of Qom, Iran. Holotype: IZA 7831. Paratypes: ISBB uncat. (4), IZA 7832 (5). •Valid as Paracobitis iranica Nalbant & Bianco 1998 -- (Prokofiev 2009:888 [ref. 30604], Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Kottelat 2012:100 [ref. 32367], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:885 [ref. 34062], Teimori et al. 2015:90 [ref. 34095]). •Synonym of Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Freyhof et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33505], Esmaeili et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:183 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:95 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes 1846). Nemacheilidae. Habitat: freshwater.