B.Sc , Biology , Kharazmi University , 2000 → 2004
MS , Biology-Animal Biosystematics , University of Tehran , 2004 → 2007
PhD , Biology-Animal Biosystematics , Ferdowsi University of Mashhad , 2010 → 2015
2024
Phylogenetic evidences indicating more close relationship between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea fish fauna, lessons from Clupeidae and Atherinidae
9th AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Mohammad Sadegh ALAVI-YEGANEH, Mohammad Reza SHARIATI, Ramin VALIESKANDANI, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Erdo?an CICEK - 1403/06/30
سنگسر ماهيان خليج فارس و درياي عمان (ماهيان استخواني: سوف ماهي سانان)
يازدهمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam - 1403/02/05
ريخت شناسي سنگريزه شنوايي در Acanthopagrus bifasciatus از خليج فارس و خليج عمان
يازدهمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1403/02/05
ريخت سنجي سنگريزه شنوايي؛ ابزاري موثر در آرايه شناسي همتافت هاي گونه اي
يازدهمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Mohammad Sadegh Alavi Yeganh, Hashem Khandan Barani, Mohammad Reza Shariati, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1403/02/05
2023
Otolith Shape analysis; a useful tool for discrimination of sprat species (Clupeonella spp.) in the Caspian Sea and the Marmara Sea
international symposium on fisheries and aquatic sciences
Shariati Mohammad Reza , Alavi-Yeganeh Mohammad Sadegh , Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Saç Gülsah - 1402/08/02
كاربردهاي اتوليت ماهيان در مطالعات زيست-محيطي
سومين كنفرانس ملي يافته هاي نوين زيست شناسي
Hashem Khandan Barani, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1402/03/03
سازش هاي تكاملي شكل بدن و الگوي رژيم غذايي در شورت ماهيان آب هاي جنوبي ايران
سومين كنفرانس ملي يافته هاي نوين زيست شناسي
Hashem Khandan Barani, Alavi-Yeganeh Mohammad Sadegh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1402/03/03
بررسي آرايه شناختي، روابط تبارزادي و جغرافياي زيستي Sweetlips (Haemulidae: Plectorhinchus) در اقيانوس هند-آرام غربي
سومين كنفرانس ملي يافته هاي نوين زيست شناسي
Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1402/03/03
Descriptive comparison of Sagitta otoliths in three clupeid species from the Caspian Sea by scanning electronic microscope
دهمين كنفرانس ملي و دومين كنفرانس بين المللي ماهي شناسي ايران
Mohammad Reza Shariati, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1402/02/19
جايگاه آرايه شناختي لب گوشتي رنگارنگ،Diagramma pictum (Thunberg 1792) (Perciformes: Haemulidae) در اقيانوس هند-آرام غربي
دهمين كنفرانس ملي و دومين كنفرانس بين المللي ماهي شناسي ايران
Damadi Ehsan, Yazdani Moghaddam Faezeh , Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Pourshabanan Amir - 1402/02/19
2022
Impacts of sewage entering to aquatic ecosystems through heavy metals contamination
9th National Conference on Modern Studies and Research in Biology and Natural Sciences of Iran
Shokoufe Mashoofi, Malihe Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Alimoradi Mohammadreza - 1401/08/19
تفاوت ريختي سنگريزه شنوايي Sagiita در سه گونه كيلكاماهي درياي خزر
بيست و دومين كنگره ملي و دهمين كنگره بين المللي زيست شناسي ايران
Mohammad Reza Shariati, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1401/06/09
2021
تبارزايي مولكولي خانواده خفاش ماهيان (Actinopterigii: Acanthuriformes: Ephippidae)
نهمين كنفرانس ملي و اولين كنفرانس بين المللي ماهي شناسي ايران
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Adnan Shahdadi - 1400/08/04
تغييرات ساختاري پروتئين هاي هموگلوبين و كلاژن در گلخورك ها براي زندگي در خشكي
نهمين كنفرانس ملي و اولين كنفرانس بين المللي ماهي شناسي ايران
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Milad Lagzian - 1400/08/04
بررسي روابط تبارزايي گيش ماهيان با استفاده از ژن COI
دومين كنفرانس ملي يافته هاي نوين زيست شناسي، اسفندماه 1399، دانشگاه سيستان و بلوچستان
Fatemeh Darvishian, Faezeh Yazdani, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1399/12/19
بررسي روابط تبارزايي سه گونه Istiblennius بر اساس توالي يابي ژن سيتوكروم اكسيداز (COI)I
2nd National Conference on New Biological Findings, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, March 2021
Maryam Sharifiniya, Hamed Mousavi-sabet, Mohammad-Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1399/12/19
تبارشناختي جنسPomadasys با استفاده از ژن ميتوكندريايي سيتوكروم اكسيداز زير يك
2nd National Conference on New Biological Findings, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, March 2021
Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Fereshteh Ghasemzadeh, Amir Pourshabanan - 1399/12/19
پرورش و فرآوري ماكروجلبك ها با استفاده از پساب مزارع پرورش ميگو
2nd National Conference on New Biological Findings, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, March 2021
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Matin Khaleghi, Ehsan Damadi - 1399/12/19
بررسي فلزات سنگين در شير ماهي
دومين كنفرانس ملي يافته هاي نوين زيست شناسي
Asma Alizadeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Malihe Mohammadi, Saeed Yaghfoori - 1399/12/19
اثر فلزات سنگين روي ماهي شوريده در ايران
دومين همايش ملي حفاظت از ماهيان بوم زاد ايران؛ با تاكيد بر ماهيان حوضه آبريز درياي خزر
Morteza Samadanifar, Malihe Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Sadegh Mousazadeh - 1399/12/06
تبارزايي مولكولي گاوماهيان ايران
دومين همايش ملي حفاظت از ماهيان بوم زاد ايران با تاكيد بر ماهيان حوضه آبريز درياي خزر
, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi - 1399/12/06
جايگاه تبارشناختي خانواده سنگسر ماهيان (ماهيان استخواني عالي: سوف ماهي سانان) در زيرراسته Percoidei با استفاده از ژن ميتوكندريايي سيتوكروم b
دومين همايش ملي حفاظت از ماهيان بوم زاد ايران؛ با تاكيد بر ماهيان حوضه آبريز درياي خزر
Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani-Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Fereshteh Ghasemzadeh, Amir Pourshabanan - 1399/12/06
2020
بررسي روابط فيلوژني سه گونه از جنس Omobranchus در سواحل ايراني خليج فارس و خليج عمان بر اساس توالي يابي ژن سيتوكروم اكسيداز (COI)I
هشتمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Maryam Sharifiniya, Hamed Mousavi-sabet, Sadegh Alavi-yaganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1399/08/14
2019
Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Blackspotted rubberlips (Plectorhinchus gaterinus) in the Gulf of Makran and Persian Gulf
هفتمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani-moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Fereshteh Ghasemzadeh, Amir Pourshabanan - 1398/08/08
Phylogenetic position of the genus Diagramma (Perciformes: Haemulidae) in the subfamily Plectorhinchinae based on the mitochondrial gene COI
هفتمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani-Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Freshteh Ghasemzadeh, Amir Pourshabanan - 1398/08/08
Phylogenetic reconstruction of Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) inferred from COI sequences
هفتمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Shirin Moharrer, Faezeh Yazdani-Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1398/08/08
Morphological study of Capoeta heratensis (Keyserling, 1861) from the Hari River basin (Tajan), Khorasan Razavi Province
هفتمين كنفرانس ملي ماهي شناسي ايران
Shirin Moharrer, Faezeh Yazdani-Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1398/08/08
Different levels of amphibious adaptation in three mudskipper species from the Persian Gulf: Insights from skeleton and otolith characteristics
XVI European Congress of Ichthyology.
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Gut Carolin, Gholami Zeinab, Esmaeili Hamidreza, Gierl Christoph, Reichenbacher Bettina - 1398/06/11
2018
Species diversity of family Haemulidae in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Makran
The 6th Iranian Conference of Ichthyology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani-Moghaddam, Fereshteh Ghasemzadeh - 1397/06/05
Species diversity of family Haemulidae in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Makran
The 6th Iranian Conference of Ichthyology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi, Yazdani-Moghaddam Faezeh, Ghassemzadeh Fereshteh - 1397/06/05
Morphologic characteristics of Minstrel sweetlips (Plectorhinchus schotaf) (Perciformes: Haemulidae) in the Gulf of Makran and Persian Gulf
The 6th Iranian Conference of Ichthyology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi, Yazdani Moghaddam Faezeh, Ghassemzadeh Fereshteh - 1397/06/05
Towards molecular phylogeny of Gobiidae from the Persian Gulf
The 6th Iranian Conference of Ichthyology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Milad Lagzian - 1397/06/05
2017
Molecular phylogeny of Periophthalmus-lineage based on COI sequences
the 5th Iranian conference of Ichthyology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi - 1396/09/22
Skeleton and otolith variation in waltons mudskipper, Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf and Makran Sea
The fifth Iranian conference of Ichthyology
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Reconstructing phylogenetic Status of family Haemulidae based on the mitochondrial gene COXI
the fifth Iranian conference of Ichthyology
, , Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, - 1396/09/22
Molecular Phylogeny of three gobies (Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf
The Fifth Iranian Conference of Ichthyology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Milad Lagzian - 1396/09/22
Morphological and Molecular studies on Mudskippers from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Makran
first international joint conference on new trends in biotechnology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, , - 1396/01/29
2016
Phylogenetic recunstruction of Blenniidae and Gobiidae based on nuclear gene RAG1
1st national conference on new findings in biology
Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Milad Lagzian, - 1395/09/03
1 - Freshteh Pourhosseini, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Moving towards the west: Morphological and molecular documentation of the reef margin blenny Entomacrodus striatus (Teleostei: Blenniiformes) from the most western part of the IndoPacific Ocean , Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. (2025) 24 141-160
2 - MOHAMMAD REZA SHARIATI, MOHAMMAD SADEGH ALAVI-YEGANEH, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, GULSAH SAC, MUFIT OZULU, Discrimination of sprat species (Clupeonella spp.) in the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Marmara using otolith shape analysis , TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. (2025) 49 148-160
3 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Matin KHALEGHI, Ehsan DAMADI, Faezeh YAZDANIMOGHADDAM, Molecular phylogeny of Drepaneidae (Actinopteri: Acanthuriformes: Drepaneidae) with two new molecular records from the Oman Sea , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2024) 11 190-197
4 - Mohammad Sadegh ALAVI-YEGANEH, Arezoo SHEIKHZADEH, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Confirmed record of Bluespotted dottyback, Pseudochromis persicus (Murry, 1887) from Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2024) 11 93-97
5 - Masoumeh Gholipour Gilak, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi , Morphological and molecular identification of the small-scale grouper, Epinephelus polylepis,(Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman , تاكسونومي و بيوسيستماتيك. (2024) 16 1-14
6 - Asma Alizadeh, Malihe Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Saeed Yaghfoori, Heavy metals in Scomberomorus commerson from Sistan-Baluchestan and Hormozgan Provinces: accumulation and consumer health risk assessment , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2024) 11 1-16
7 - Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Taxonomic characterization of five species of emperor fishes (Actinopterygii: Eupercaria: Lethrinidae) based on external morphology, morphometry, and geographic distribution in the northwestern Indian Ocean , ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA. (2024) 54 115-124
8 - Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Taxonomic Validation of Sweetlips Fish (Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae) From the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman Based On Traditional and Geometric Morphometrics With Notes On Their Distribution , THALASSAS. (2024) 40 795-808
9 - Hashem Khandan Barani, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Alireza Riyahi Bakhtiari, Mehdi Ghanbarifar, Otolith Shape Analysis of Five Sillaginidae Species from the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea , Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (2024) 24 1-10
10 - Maryam Sharifiniya, Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea , Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. (2024) 23 849-860
11 - Mohammad Reza Shariati, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Relationships between body length, body mass and otolith dimensions in three Sprat species (Teleostei: Ehiravidae) from the Caspian Sea , ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE. (2024) 70 209-217
12 - Milad Lagzian, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Tracing molecular adaptation of mudskippers from water to land transition: Insight from the molecular dynamics simulation of collagen type-I , Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. (2023) 22 472-486
13 - Hashem Khandan Barani, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Alireza Riyahi Bakhtiari, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Molecular Evidence of the Presence of the Clubfoot Sillago Sillaginopodys chondropus Bleeker, 1849 (Perciformes: Sillaginidae) from the Iranian Coast, with the First Length-Weight Data from the Oman Sea , ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA. (2023) 75 193-198
14 - FATAH ZAREI, MARCELO KOVACIC, HAMID REZA ESMAEILI, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Morphological and molecular characterization of the Makran Glossogobius cf. giuris (Teleostei: Gobiidae) and the Glossogobius giuris species complex taxonomy , ZOOTAXA. (2023) 5346 28-50
15 - Shokoufe Mashoofi, Malihe Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, mohammad reza alimoradi, Determination of heavy metals (Cd, Zn, Pb and Hg) content in Capoeta fusca from Lar wetland, Zahedan, Iran , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2023) 10 102-113
16 - Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Species delimitation, molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the sweetlips fish (Perciformes, Haemulidae) , Zoosystematics and Evolution. (2023) 99 135-147
17 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Adnan Shahdadi, تبارزايي مولكولي خانواده شينگ ماهيان (Actinopteri: Acanthuriformes: Ephippidae) , آبزيان زينتي. (2022) 9 45-51
18 - Maryam Sharifiniya, Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, M.S. Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Molecular phylogeny and morphological characteristics of the reef margin blenny, Entomacrodus striatus (Valenciennes, 1836) from the Gulf of Oman (Actinopteri: Blenniiformes Blenniidae) , Ecopersia. (2022) 10 37-46
19 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Ehsan Damadi, تبارزايي مولكولي گاوماهيان ايران بر اساس نشانگرهاي ميتوكندريايي و هسته اي , پژوهش هاي جانوري. (2022) 34 362-374
20 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Roghayeh Zarei , Otolith shape analysis of three mudskipper species of Persian Gulf , Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. (2021) 20 333-342
21 - Adnan Shahdadi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, شناسايي مولكولي خفاش ماهي گرد (Platax orbicularis (Forsskal, 1775 از خليج فارس , تاكسونومي و بيوسيستماتيك. (2021) 13 87-96
22 - Maryam Sharifiniya, Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Length-Weight and Length-Length Relationships for Six Blenny Species from Iranian Coasts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (Teleostei: Blenniidae) , THALASSAS. (2021) 37 169-172
23 - Saeed Yaghfoori, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Fatemeh Bossaghzadeh, Description of a New Quadrigyrid Species from Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 in Iran , Russian Journal of Marine Biology. (2021) 47 226-231
24 - SHARIFINIYA Maryam , MOUSAVI-SABET Hamed, ALAVI-YEGANEH Mohammad Sadegh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, First record of the Triplefin fish, Helcogramma ellioti (Herre, 1944), from the Gulf of Oman, Iran (Blenniformes: Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae) , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2021) 8 181-188
25 - Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Fereshteh Ghassemzadeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Aspects of morphometry, distribution, and key identification of the genus Pomadasys (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman with descriptions of new records , THALASSAS. (2021) 37 671-682
26 - maryam Sharifinia, Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, Mohammad Alavi-Yeganeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Comparison study of morphological variations among populations of Blennies, Omobranchus genus, in the Iranian Coasts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman using Geometric Morphometrics Method , پژوهش هاي ماهي شناسي كاربردي. (2021) 8 1-9
27 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Mansour Aliabadian, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Shape variation of the Indian Ocean slender mudskipper Scartelaos tenuis (Day 1876) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Makran (Gobioidei Gobiidae) , Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. (2020) 19 612-622
28 - Malihe Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Molecular phylogenetic affinities of some subtidal gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island , Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics. (2020) 16 11-19
29 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Carolin Gut, Zeinab Gholami, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Christoph Gierl, Bettina Reic, Osteology of the posterior vertebral column and caudal skeleton of marine amphibious gobies (mudskippers) (Teleostei: Gobioidei) , JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY. (2020) 36 713-723
30 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Carolin Gut, Zeinab Gholami, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Christoph Gierl, Bettina Reic, Possible link between the structure of otoliths and amphibious mode of life of three mudskipper species (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the Persian Gulf , ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (2020) 66 311-320
31 - Ehsan Damadi, Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Fereshteh Ghassemzadeh, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Plectorhinchus makranensis (Teleostei, Haemulidae), a new species of sweetlips from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman , ZooKeys. (2020) 980 141-154
32 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Milad Lagzian, Molecular Phylogeny of Gobies (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from Iranian Water Bodies with a New Record , Russian Journal of Marine Biology. (2019) 45 385-392
33 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Mansour Aliabadian, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Phylogeography of Waltons Mudskipper Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans 1941 (Perciformes Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman , ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (2018) 64 207-218
34 - Hassan Borji, Saeed YAGHFOORI, Vali Abedi, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Maryam SOLTANI EINI, Detection of Grillotia erinaceus (Cestoda Trypanorhyncha) in Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) (Perciformes Carangidae) from the Persian Gulf , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2018) 5 81-85
35 - Gianluca Polgar, Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, Salvatore Milli, Ainhoa Agorreta, , , Tsung Fei Khang, Ecomorphological adaptation in three mudskippers (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman , HYDROBIOLOGIA. (2017) 795 91-111
36 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, , A note on the molecular systematics of the genus Paraschistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in Hari River Basin , iranian journal of ichthyology. (2017) 4 1-10.
37 - Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, , zeinab gholami, , Bettina Reichenbacher, Molecular phylogeny of three mudskippers (Gobiidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Makran) , JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY. (2016) 32 416-420
38 - , , , , , Mehdi Ghanbarifardi, The Fish Fauna of North and East Regions of Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, Iran , Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics. (2015) 11 91-100