Biological diversity is the basis for, and an indicator of biosphere integrity. Together with
climate change, its loss is one of the two most important planetary boundaries. A halt in …

The current status of the inland waters ichthyofauna of Iran is revised and updated. A total of
292 fish species belong to 3 classes, 24 orders, 36 families and 106 genera inhabit the …

This checklist aims to list all the reported Iranian inland fishes. It lists 297 species in 109
genera, 30 families, 24 orders and 3 classes reported from different Iranian basins …

Freshwater mussels are ecosystem engineers and keystone species in aquatic
environments. Unfortunately, due to dramatic declines this fauna is among the most …

This is an annotated checklist of all the recognized and named taxa of freshwater fishes in
Iran. It documents recent changes and controversies in the nomenclature and includes …

The salmon family is one of the most iconic and economically important fish families,
primarily possessing meat of excellent taste as well as irreplaceable nutritional and …

We present a critical checklist of freshwater fish species found so far in the countries of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. In total 119 freshwater fishes are recorded. There are 40 …

Massive fish introductions have taken place throughout much of the world, mostly over the
last 70 years, and present a major threat to the genetic diversity of native fishes …

Phylogenetic relationships and phylogeography of six species of Caucasian barbels, the
genus Barbus s. str., were studied based on extended geographic coverage and using …

To inform regional managers of potentially invasive non-native (NN) freshwater fishes in the
principal hydrosystem that drains the West Siberian Plain, the River Ob basin, 31 extant and …