80. Garra gymnothorax Berg, 1949

Common name. Chest scaleless garra

Taxonomy. Original description: Garra rufa gymnothorax Berg, 1949: 792, figs. 4-5 [Tigris River, Iran; Syntypes: ZIN 13214-15 (6, 6+), plus additional specimen 24429 (1), 24435-36 (10, 3)] .

Revisions. Esmaeili et al. (2016a).

Illustrations. Esmaeili et al. (2016a: 93, figs. 12, 13).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Gel cheragh-e shekam berahne.—Listed by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZIN, ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.