shirini, Aphanius Gholami [Z.], Esmaeili [H. R.], Erpenbeck [D.] & Reichenbacher [B.] 2014:132, Figs. 3a-b [Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research = Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung v. 52 (no. 2); ref. 33004] Paselari spring of the Khosroshirin spring-stream system, Khosroshirin Village, Abadeh City, Fars, uppermost reaches of Kor River Basin, 30°53'29.5"N, 52°00'36.8"E, Iran, altitude 2327 meters. Holotype: ZM-CBSU, ZG151. Paratypes: ZM-CBSU, ZG225, 267-273 (8). •Valid as Aphanius shirini Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher 2014 -- (Esmaeili et al. 2014:30 [ref. 33250], Keivany & Esmaeili 2014:68 [ref. 33293], Gholami et al. 2013:137 [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. 2017:91 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:73 [ref. 36089], Esmaeili et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36738], Esmaeili et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37446], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:265 [ref. 37983], Kärst et al. 2020:175 [ref. 38165]). •Valid as Esmaeilius shirini (Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher 2014) -- (Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu 2020:445 [ref. 37656], Çiçek et al. 2024:357 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Esmaeilius shirini (Gholami, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher 2014). Aphaniidae. Distribution: Middle East: Kor River Basin, Iran; translocated to Helleh River basin (Iran). Habitat: freshwater.