Garra lautior

Common name. Smooth Hadhramaut garra.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Dhofar (Oman) by: ○ 34−36 total lateral-line scales / ○ 14−16 circumpeduncular scales / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 11−17 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch / ○ chest and belly naked / ○ no tubercles on snout / ○ dorsal hyaline or pale-brown with black spots at bases of branched rays / ○ groove between tip of snout and nostrils shallow or absent. Size up to 120 mm SL.

Distribution . Yemen: Wadi Hadhramaut drainage.

Habitat. Wadis with large seasonal variations in flow.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range. Threatened by water abstraction, but threats and distribution poorly known.

Further reading. Krupp 1983 (morphology, as Garra incertae sedis); Banister 1987 (description); Freyhof et al. 2020 (distribution, identification).