Publications

2016

Ghanbarifardi, M., Esmaeili, H.R., Gholami, Z., Aliabadian, M., Reichenbacher, B. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of three mudskippers (Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Makran). Journal Applied Ichthyology, 32, 416–420. doi: 10.1111/jai.12999

Masoudi, M., Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Gholami, Z., Gholamhosseini, A., Sayyadzadeh, G., Keivany, Y., Reichenbacher, B. (2016). Sympatry and possible hybridization among species of the killifish genus Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in Southwestern Iran. Limnologica, 59 (2016): 10–20.

2015

Alcaraz, C., Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R. & García-Berthou, E. (2015): Herbivory and seasonal changes in diet of a highly endemic cyprinodontid fish (Aphanius farsicus). Environ Biol Fish, DOI 10.1007/s10641-015-0381-9

Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Reichenbacher, B. (2015). New data on the zoogeography of Aphanius sophiae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in the Central Zagros (Southwest Iran). Limnologica, 51: 70–82.

Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D., Reichenbacher, B. (2015). Genetic connectivity and phenotypic plasticity in the cyprinodont Aphanius farsicus from the Maharlu Basin, South-western Iran. Journal of Fish Biology, 86: 882–906.

2014

Gholami, Z., Yousefi, H.R., Marhaba, Z., Alizadeh, A. & Rahimi, M.T. (2014). Aphanius sophiae (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae), a new host for Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ciliophora) reported from Iran. Journal of Parasitic Disease. DOI 10.1007/s12639-014-0628-y.

Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Gholami, Z., Reichenbacher, B. (2014). Two new species of the tooth-carp Aphanius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) and the evolutionary history of the Iranian inland and inland-related Aphanius species. Zootaxa 3786(3): 246-268.

Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D., Reichenbacher, B. (2014). Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, Southwestern Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 52(2), 130-141.

Gholami, Z., Rahimi, M.T., Kia, E.B., Esmaeili, H.R. & Mobedi, I. (2014). Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842), a new host of Contracaecum sp. and Capillaria sp. (Nematoda) from the Kor River Basin, southwestern Iran. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 4 (Supp 1), S139–S142.

Gholami, Z., Rahimi, M.T., Zarei, R., Kia, E.B., Mobedi, I. & Vatandoost, S. (2014). First report of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea) from Aphanius dispar (Cyprinodontidae) in Iran. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 2 (6), 490–495.

2013

Amin, O.M., Gholami, Z., Akhlaghi, M. & Heckmann, R.A. (2013). The description and host–parasite relationships of a new quadrigyrid species (Acanthocephala) from the Persian tooth-carp, Aphanius farsicus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae) in Iran. Journal of Parasitology, 99 (2), 257–263.

Gholami, Z., Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Schulz-Mirbach, T., Reichenbacher, B. (2013). Scale surface microstructure and scale size in the tooth-carp genus Aphanius (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) from endorheic basins in Southwest Iran. Zootaxa 3619 (4): 467–490.

Rahimi, M.T., Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R. & Mobedi, I. (2013). Survey on ectoparasites of Aphanius sophiae (Cyprinodontidae) from Southern Iran. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 1 (2), 89–91.

2012

Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Gholami, Z., Zarei, N., Reichenbacher, B. (2012). Re-validation and re-description of an endemic and threatened species, Aphanius pluristriatus (Jenkins, 1910) (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), from southern Iran. Zootaxa, 3208: 58–67.

Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Gholami, Z., Zarei, N., Reichenbacher, B. (2012). Aphanius arakensis, a new species of tooth-carp (Cyprinodontidae) from the endorheic Namak Lake basin in Iran. Zookeys, 215: 55–76.

2011

Esmaeili, H.R. & Gholami, Z. (2011). Scale structure of a cyprinid fish, Rutilus frisii (Kamenskii, 1901) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) using scanning electron microscope (SEM). Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 10 (1), 155–166.

Gholami, Z., Akhlaghi, M., Mobedi, I. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2011). First Report of Aphanius sophiae (Heckel, 1849) (Actinoptrygii: Cyprinodontidae) with Tetracotyle sp. in Cheshmeh-Ali Damghan, Semnan Province, North of Iran. Veterinary Research Forum, 2 (1), 605–608.

Gholami, Z., Akhlaghi, M. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2011). Infection of Aphanius dispar (Rüppell, 1829) with Ligula intestinalis plerocercoides in Mehran River, south of Iran. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 10 (2), 346–351.

Gholami, Z., Kia, B.E., Mobedi, I. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2011). Occurrence of Clinostomum complanatum in Aphanius dispar (Actinoptrygii: Cyprinodontidae) collected from Mehran River, Hormuzgan Province, South of Iran. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 189–192.

2010

Monsefi, M., Gholami, Z. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2010). Histological and Morphological Studies of digestive tube and liver of the Persian tooth-carp, Aphanius persicus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae). Istanbul University Faculty of Science Journal of Biology, 69 (1), 57–64.

Esmaeili, H. R., Gholami, Z., Hojat Ansari, T. & Baghbani. S. (2010). Morphology of otoliths in some fishes of Caspian Sea Basin. Journal of Science, 22, 18–27.

Esmaeili, H.R., Zarei, N., Teimori, A & Gholami, Z. (2010). An introduction to Aphanius persicus in Maharlu basin, south of Iran. Fars Province Counseling, 15, 1–3.

Esmaeili, H.R., Zareian, H., Gholamhosseini, A., Ebrahimi, M., Gholami, Z., Teimori, A. & Hojat Ansari, T. (2010). Karyotype analysis of the king nase fish, Chondrostoma regium (Heckel, 1843) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from Iran. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 10, 477–481.

2009

Esmaeili, H.R. & Gholami, Z. (2009). Scale structure of a cyprinid fish, Alburnoides bipunctatus (Blotch, 1782) Using scanning electron microscope (SEM). Ferdowsi University International Journal of Biological Sciences, 1 (1), 19–27.

Esmaeili, H. R., Gholami, Z., Teimori, A. & Baghbani, S. (2009). Morphology of urohyal bone and its importance in taxonomy of some fishes of Caspian Sea basin. Iranian Journal of Biology, 23 (3), 448–459.

Esmaeili, H.R., Gholami, Z., Nazari, N., Gholamifard, A., Sharyari, F., Baghbani, S. & Ebrahimi, M. (2009). First karyotype analysis of an endemic sucker catfish, Glyptothorax silviae Coad, 1981 (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 33, 409–412.

Gholami, Z., Akhlaghi, M. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2009). Report of the infection of tooth-carp Isfahan Aphanius isfahanensis Hrbek, Keivany and Coad, 2006 with Diplostomum spathaceum. Journal of Veterinary Research, 3 (2), 129–131.

2008

Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Coad, W.B. & Gholami, Z. (2008). Threatened fishes of the world: Cobitis linea (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 83 (4), 407–408.

Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Coad, W.B. & Gholami, Z. (2008). Threatened fishes of the world: Seminemacheilus tongiorgii (Cyprinoforme: Balitoridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 84 (4), 375.

2007

Esmaeili, H.R. & Gholami, Z. (2007). Investigations on the surface ultrastructure of scale of Genow tooth-carp, Aphanius ginaonis (Holly, 1929) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae) using scanning electron microscope. Iranian Journal of Biology, 20 (2), 307–314.

2006

Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Gholami, Z. & Hosseini, F. (2006). Range extension report for Barbus sublimus Coad and Najafpoor, 1997 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) along with its sympatric species in southwest Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2 (1), 19–24.

Conference Contributions

Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H. R. & Reichenbacher, B. (2015). New data on the zoogeography of Aphanius sophiae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in the Central Zagros (Southwest Iran). 3rd Iranian Conference of Ichthyology. Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 6–7 May 2015.

Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2015). Genetic connectivity and phenotypic plasticity in the cyprinodont Aphanius farsicus from the Maharlu Basin, Southwest Iran. 3rd Iranian Conference of Ichthyology. Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 6–7 May 2015.

Gholami, Z., Reichenbacher, B., Esmaeili, H. R. & Teimroi, A. (2014). Morphology of the saccular otoliths in species identification, phylogeny and systematics of the Iranian species of Aphanius (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). 5th International Otolith Symposium (IO2014). Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, 20–24 October 2014. Poster presentation.

Gholami, Z., Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Schulz-Mirbach, T. & Reichenbacher, B. (2012). Do scale size indices and scale surface morphology allow identification of endemic Aphanius species from southern Iran? – XIV European Congress of Ichthyology, Liège, 3-8 July 2012 (Belgium), p. 92. Poster presentation.

Amin, O.M., Gholami, Z., Akhlaghi, M. & Heckmann, R.A. (2012). The description and host-parasite relationships of a new species of Acanthosentis (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) from the Farsi toothcarp, Aphanius farsicus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae) in Iran. XIth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology (EMOP XI) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 24–29 July 2012. Oral presentation.

Gholami, Z., Zarei, R., Mobedi, I. & Kia, E. (2011). Characterization of a New species, Ichthyophthirius mehrani (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea) isolated from Aphanius dispar (Rüppell, 1829) (Cyprinodontidae) collected from Mehran River, South of Iran. Biosystematic Congress in Berlin, 21–27 February 2011. Poster presentation.

Esmaeili, H.R., Zarei, N., Gholami, Z. & Teimori, A. (2011). Biodiversity and distribution of Cyprinodontiform fish species (Actinoptrygii: Cyprinodontiformes) of Iran. Biosystematic Congress in Berlin, 21–27 February 2011. Oral presentation.

Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Akhlaghi, M. & Peyghan, R. (2009). First report of Ligula intestinalis infection of Aphanius persicus (Jenkins, 1910) in Barme-e-Shoor Spring-Stream System, Maharlu Basin, Shiraz, Iran. 1st International Congress on Aquatic Animal Health Management and Diseases. 27–28 January 2009. Oral presentation.

Esmaeili, H.R., Gholami, Z., Teimori, A., Ebrahimi, M. & Hojat Ansary, T. (2008). Distribution, morphology and karyology of the genus Aphanius Nardo, 1826 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae) in Iran. International Symposium, Documenting, Analysing and Managing Biodiversity in the Middle East, 19–21 October 2008, Amman, Jordan. Oral presentation.

Esmaeili, H.R. & Gholami, Z. (2006). Investigation on the surface ultrastructure of scale of Geno tooth-carp, Aphanius ginaonis (Holly, 1929) (Actinopterygii: cyprinodontidae) using scanning electron microscope. 14th National and 2th International Conference of Biology. Tehran, Iran. Poster presentation.

Kami, H.G. & Gholami, Z. (2003). Introduction on Morphology, Identification and Biology of Sunspider in Golestan Province. Second Conference of Biology and Biotechnology of biology students of Iran's Universities. Tonekabon, Iran. Oral presentation.

Kami, H.G. & Gholami, Z. (2003). Introduction on biology and Morphometric and Meristic characters Typhlops vermicularis in Gorgan city, Golestan Province. Third Conference of Biology and Biotechnology of Biology students of Iran's Universities. Kermanshah, Iran. Oral presentation.