nicolausi, Alburnoides Bogutskaya [N. G.] & Coad [B. W.] 2009:163, Fig. 12 [Zoosystematica Rossica v. 18 (no. 1); ref. 30270] Stream in Simareh River drainage, 5 kilometers south of Nurabad, 34°03'30"N, 47°57'30"E, Lorestan, Iran, elevation 2000 meters. Holotype: CMNFI 1979-0281. Paratypes: CMNFI 1979-0281A (164). •Valid as Alburnoides nicolausi Bogutskaya & Coad 2009 -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2010:467 [ref. 31109], Esmaeili et al. 2010:367 [ref. 33391], Coad & Bogutskaya 2012:47 [ref. 32156], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:151 [ref. 33904], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:862 [ref. 34062], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:303 [ref. 34153], Teimori et al. 2016:90 [ref. 34095], Turan et al. 2015:80 [ref. 34162], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2016:162 [ref. 34375], Esmaeili et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:13 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:119 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:206 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Alburnoides nicolausi Bogutskaya & Coad 2009. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Middle East: Simareh River drainage, Tigris River basin (Iran). Habitat: freshwater.