zarudnyi, Aspiostoma Nikolskii [A. M.] 1897:346 [Ezhegodnik. Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Akademii Nauk SSSR. v. 1; ref. 3201] Neizar marsh in Seistan [Sistan], Iran. Holotype (unique): ZIN 11115. •Valid as Schizopyge zarudny (Nikolskii 1897) -- (Bianco & Bănărescu 1982:92 [ref. 8508]). •Valid as Schizothorax zarudnyi (Nikolskii 1897) -- (Coad 1981:13 [ref. 22348], Coad 1995:20 [ref. 23608], Coad 1996:71 [ref. 25297], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Coad & Keyzer-de Ville 2005:36 [ref. 28505], Esmaeili et al. 2010:371 [ref. 33391], Esmaeili et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:37 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:93 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2023:28 [ref. 40326], Çiçek et al. 2024:180 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Schizothorax zarudnyi (Nikolskii 1897). Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae. Distribution: Middle East: Sistan, Harud and Adraskan basins (Iran, Afghanistan). Habitat: freshwater.