Garra klatti

Common name. Anatolian golden barb.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Central Anatolia, Mediterranean, and Dead Sea basins by: ○ no barbels / ○ gular disc incomplete / ○ 15−17 gill rakers / ○ many papillae on mental pad / ○ 36–41+1–2 scales in lateral series / ○ lateral line incomplete, with 6−32 pored scales. Size up to 75 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Lake Eğirdir basin, Lake Işıklı basin in upper Büyük Menderes drainage, Lake Gölcük (Isparta), and upper Köprüçay drainage.

Habitat. Springs, lakes, and slow-flowing streams.

Biology. Lives up to 4 years. Spawns in second year.

Conservation status. VU; extirpated from Gölcük and Eğirdir basins due to invasion of non-native species. Other populations in decline.

Remarks. Earlier placed in Hemigrammocapoeta or Crossocheilus and considered as a synonym of G. kemali by some authors. Hemigrammocapoeta menderesensis is a synonym.

Further reading. Kosswig 1950 (description); Karaman 1971 (morphology); Sarı et al. 2008 (biology); Küçük et al. 2009b (conservation); Geiger et al. 2014 (molecular phylogeny, placement in Garra); Hamidan et al. 2014 (molecular phylogeny); Behrens-Chapuis et al. 2015 (molecular phylogeny); Küçük et al. 2015 (morphology, in Hemigrammocapoeta).