Author: Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust & Doadrio, 2015
FBname: Coad's riffle minnow
Comments: During the time of the collection of the type specimens, the upstream portion of Namroud River at the type locality had clear water, with medium to fast water flow. The stream had a width of about 3 m and a maximum depth of up to 1 m, with grassy shores, submergent plants. The stream bed consisted of gravel and mud.  Found syntopic with <i>Barbus sp., <i>Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes, 1844), <i>Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877, <i>Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758), <i>Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782), <i>Squalius cf. orientalis (Nordmann, 1840), <i>Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes, 1846), and <i>Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792).