Garra nana (Heckel, 1843)

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 15

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scientific name

Garra nana (Heckel, 1843)
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Garra nana (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL View at ENA [N]— Damascus garra; Lahhas alhajar

Taxonomy. Original description: Tylognathus nanus Heckel, 1843a: 1073 View in CoL [83] [Damascus, Syria; syntypes: (3) not found at NMW].—Syrian synonyms: Hemigrammocapoeta nana (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL .—Revisions: None.— Illustrations: Heckel (1843b: pl. 8, fig. 4) as Tylognathus nanus View in CoL .

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Heckel (1843a: 1074) as Tylognathus nanus ; subsequently reported by Beckman (1962: 142) as Tylognathus nanus .—Syrian material: BMNH, MNHN, NMW.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Lake Al-ʿUtaybah drainage.—Distribution in River Basin: 3- Desert, 5-Barada & Awaj, 7-Al-Yarmouk.—General distribution: Middle East: Syria, Jordan.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River, 440-Arabian Interior.—Habitat: This species is found in a variety of habitats, such as rivers, lakes, and small ponds. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: NT (Freyhof, 2018a).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, COM, HAB.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.

Remarks. The drainage of Lake Al-Utaybah, where the species was recorded for the first time, has almost nearly dried up and is heavily polluted. Most likely extinct in Syria. Needs to be reconfirmed by field specimens.

Beckman, W. C. (1962) The Freshwater Fishes of Syria and their General Biology and Management. FAO, Rome, 297 pp.

Heckel, J. J. (1843 a) Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer R ¸ cksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung. Stuttgart. Ichthyologie [von Syrien], 1 (pt 2), pp. 991 - 1099.

Heckel, J. J. (1843 b) Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Fische Syriens, nebst einer neuen Classification und Characteristik sammtlicher Gattungen der Cyprinen In: Fenzl, E., Heckel, J. J. & Redtenbenher, L. (Eds.), Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und seletner Thiere und Pflanzen in Syrien und im westlichen Taurus gesammelt von Th. Kotschy. 1 (2). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, pp. 991 - 1044, pls. 1 - 13. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14055

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

SubFamily

Labeoninae

Genus

Garra