saniae, Cobitis Eagderi [S.], Jouladeh-Roudbar [A.], Jalili [P.], Sayyadzadeh [G.] & Esmaeili [H. R.] 2017:51, Figs. 2-9, 11b, 12c, 13 [FishTaxa v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 35199] Bara Goor River a tributary of Sefid River, near Emamzadeh Hashem, Caspian Sea basin, Guilan province, Iran, 37°00'11"N, 49°37'49"E. Holotype: IMNRF-UT-1091. Paratypes: IMNRF-UT. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili 2017 -- (Esmaeili et al. 2017:60 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:41 [ref. 36089], Freyhof et al. 2018:28 [ref. 36385], Çiçek et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37644], Eagderi et al. 2020:484 [ref. 38013], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:158 [ref. 37983], Kaya et al. 2020:337 [ref. 37582], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2020:559 [ref. 37827], Vasil'eva et al. 2020:150 [ref. 37810], Çiçek et al. 2023:338 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:55 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili 2017. Cobitidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Georgian Black Sea basin, Lake Urmia basin, and southwestern Caspian Sea tributaries (Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran). Habitat: freshwater.