''Paracobitis molavii'' is a species of

stone loach The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus '' Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowi ...

found in the Little Zab River in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and upper Sirwan (Kurdish) drainage irvan (Persian) or Diyala (Arabic)in Iran and

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

. This species reaches a length of .Freyhof, J., Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Geiger, M. (2014): Review of the crested loaches of the genus ''Paracobitis'' from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 11-38''.

References

molavii Fish of Asia Fish of Iran Taxa named by Jörg Freyhof Taxa named by Hamid Reza Esmaeili Taxa named by Golnaz Sayyadzadeh Taxa named by Matthias F. Geiger Fish described in 2014 {{Nemacheilidae-stub