A review of the article entitled "Introduction of some ornamental fish in the waters of Sistan and Baluchistan province"

The study of inland waters ichthyofauna and introduction of native fishes as ornamental fishes is importance issue; but it requires sufficient knowledge of Ichthyology and understanding of their ecological and biological characteristics. Recently, several articles have been published regarding ichthyofauna of inland waters of Iran, which have scientific errors. Among these cases is an article entitled " Introduction of some ornamental fish in the waters of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, by Doustdar and Hashemi (2019) in Journal of Ornamental Aquatics. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp: 1-5” which has been aimed to identify ichthyofauna of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province and introduction of those proper fishes to ornamental fish industry of Iran. This article aimed to criticize the above-mentioned article in two parts (1) notifying the authors to ecological issues of introducing non-natives fishes as ornamental species and (2) explaining the taxonomic errors of the identified fish species.