Garra tibanica Trewavas, 1941

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22. Garra tibanica Trewavas, 1941 ― Hijaz Garra― Endemic

Taxonomy: Original description: Garra tibanica Trewavas, 1941:8 , fig. A [ Pool at Usaifira, 1 mile north of Ta’izz, 13°35’N, 44°02’E, Yemen, elevation 4500 feet; Lectotype: BMNH 1940.2.15.2 ]. Synonyms:― Garra tibanica yemenica Balletto & Spanò, 1977 ; Garra tibanica scorteccii Balletto & Spanò, 1977 ; Garra tibanica nakalani Balletto & Spanò, 1977 ; Garra tibanica multaka Balletto & Spanò 1977 ; Garra tibanica kasaba Balletto & Spanò, 1977 ; Garra tibanica elbahrica Balletto & Spanò, 1977 ; Garra tibanica dhamarica Balletto & Spanò, 1977 ; Garra brittoni Trewavas,1941 .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Trewavas (1941); confirmed by Banister & Clarke (1977), Alkahem & Behnke (1983), Krupp (1983), Hamidan et al. (2014), Lyon et al. (2016), Hamidan & Shobrak (2019), and Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Western Arabia: Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Habitat: freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Widespread in Western Arabia from Hajr in Yemen to the Khaibar region in Saudi Arabia.

Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Least Concern (LC).