Garra caudomaculata ( Battalgil, 1942 )

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 : 14

Garra caudomaculata ( Battalgil, 1942) [N]—Antakya minnow; Lahhas alhajar

Taxonomy. Original description: Hemigrammocapoeta caudomaculatus Battalgil, 1942: 296 , fig. 7 [Amik Lake, Antakya, Hatay Province, southern Turkey; no types known].—Syrian synonyms: Discognathus lamta (non-Hamilton, 1822); Crossocheilus caudomaculatus ( Battalgil, 1942) .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Battalgil (1942: fig. 7).

Status in Syria. First record from Syria by Pellegrin (1911: 108) as Discognathus lamta ; confirmed by Saad et al. (2009) as Garra caudomaculata . —Syrian material: BMNH, MCZ, MNHN, MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Orontes River.—Distribution in River Basin: 4-Orontes.—General distribution: Asia Minor: Amik Lake basin (southern Turkey).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes.— Habitat: This species lives in slowly running rivers and streams, densely vegetated springs, and wetlands. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, HAB, EUT.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—No keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.