| Invasion of the Neotropical and Nearctic fishes to Iran HR Esmaeili, M Masoudi, MA Chermahini, AH Esmaeili, F Zarei, ... FishTaxa-Journal of Fish Taxonomy 2 (3), 126-133, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) HR Esmaeili, A Teimori, F Zarei, G Sayyadzadeh PLoS One 15 (4), e0231717, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| Mitochondrial phylogeny, diversity, and ichthyogeography of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the oldest and deepest Caspian sub-basin and tracing source and spread pattern of … F Zarei, HR Esmaeili, UK Schliewen, K Abbasi, G Sayyadzadeh Hydrobiologia 848, 1267–1293, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Population structure of the ornate goby, Istigobius ornatus (Teleostei: Gobiidae), in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea as determined by otolith shape variation using … R Sadeghi, HR Esmaeili, F Zarei, B Reichenbacher Environmental Biology of Fishes 103, 1217-1230, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Scale morphology and phylogenetic character mapping of scale-surface microstructures in sixteen Aphanius species (Teleostei: Aphaniidae) HR Esmaeili, F Zarei, NS Vahed, M Masoudi Micron 119, 39-53, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| The taxonomic status of an introduced freshwater goby of the genus Rhinogobius to Iran (Teleostei: Gobiidae) R Sadeghi, HR Esmaeili, F Zarei, A Esmaeili, K Abbasi Zoology in the Middle East 65 (1), 51-58, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of the Iranian Leishmania parasites based on HSP70 gene PCR-RFLP and sequence analysis S Nemati, A Fazaeli, H Hajjaran, A Khamesipour, MF Anbaran, ... The Korean journal of parasitology 55 (4), 367, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Ichthyodiversity in southeastern Arabian Peninsula: Annotated checklist, taxonomy, short description and distribution of Inland fishes of Oman. HR Esmaeili, SA Jufaili, AH Masoumi, F Zarei Zootaxa 5134 (4), 451-503, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
| Mystus cyrusi, a new species of bagrid catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Middle East. HR Esmaeili, G Sayyadzadeh, F Zarei, S Eagderi, H Mousavi-Sabet Zootaxa 5099 (3), 325-343, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
| Intraspecific phylogeography of the Japanese threadfin bream, Nemipterus japonicus (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), from the Persian Gulf and Indo-West Pacific: a preliminary study … S Farivar, Z Jalil-Piran, F Zarei, H Hosseinzadeh Sahafi Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 16 (2), 587-604, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Genetic diversification, population structure, and geophylogeny of the Scarface rockskipper Istiblennius pox (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea H Mehraban, HR Esmaeili, F Zarei, M Ebrahimi, A Gholamhosseini Marine Biodiversity 50 (2), 20, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
| Phylogeography, genetic diversity and demographic history of the Iranian Kurdish groups based on mtDNA sequences F Zarei, H Rajabi-Maham Journal of genetics 95, 767-776, 2016 | 11 | 2016 |
| First record of exotic Piaractus brachypomus Cuvier, 1818 (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) in Zarivar Lake, western Iran F Zarei, H Rajabi‐Maham Journal of Applied Ichthyology 33 (4), 810-812, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Oxyurichthys omanensis sp. nov., a new Eyebrow Goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Oman. F Zarei, SMA Jufaili, HR Esmaeili Zootaxa 5182 (4), 361-376, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Mitochondrial DNA variation, genetic structure and demographic history of Iranian populations F Zarei, H Alipanah Molecular Biology Research Communications 3 (1), 45, 2014 | 9 | 2014 |
| Ponticola hircaniaensis sp. nov., a new and critically endangered gobiid species (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the southern Caspian Sea basin. F Zarei, HR Esmaeili, M Kovačić, UK Schliewen, K Abbasi Zootaxa 5154 (4), 401-430, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| A new species of tadpole-goby, Benthophilus persicus sp. nov.(Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the southern Caspian Sea. M Kovačić, HR Esmaeili, F Zarei, K Abbasi, UK Schliewen Zootaxa 4980 (1), 4563-4563, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Taxonomic diversity and distribution of the genus Proterorhinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot with conservation implications F Zarei, HR Esmaeili, UK Schliewen, K Abbasi Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31 (2), 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the oldest and deepest Caspian Sea sub-basin: an evidence-based annotated checklist and a key for species identification F Zarei, HR Esmaeili, K Abbasi, M Kovačić, UK Schliewen, CA Stepien Zootaxa 5190 (2), 151-193, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| An integrative insight into the diversity, distribution, and biogeography of the freshwater endemic clade of the Ponticola syrman group (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the … F Zarei, HR Esmaeili, R Sadeghi, UK Schliewen, M Kovačić, K Abbasi, ... Ecology and Evolution 12 (9), e9300, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
