Garra barreimiae Fowler & Steinitz, 1956

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Jufaili, Saud Al, Masoumi, Amir Hassan & Zarei, Fatah, 2022, Ichthyodiversity in southeastern Arabian Peninsula: Annotated checklist taxonomy, short description and distribution of Inland fishes of Oman, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 451-503 : 464-465

3. Garra barreimiae Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 , Native

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Etymology: Garra : named based on a vernacular Indian name, a fish living in mud; barreimiae : composed from Buraimi, a city/region in northwestern Oman.

Common name: Orange-ear Garra , Buraimi Garra

Taxonomy: Garra barreimiae was described by Fowler ([H. W.) & Steinitz (H.) 1956:262, figs. 1-4 (Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel v. 5B, no. 3-4, from Buraimi, Oman.

Holotype: ANSP 72129 (missing) . Paratypes: ANSP 72133-34 (2); HUJ 2085/1 (1), HUJ [ex ANSP 72130-32 ] (3, missing); ZSI F2285/2 (2) .

Short description: It is distinguished by having 15–18 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch, a pale or deeply orange spot at upper opercle, a bold black middle caudal-fin rays with white membrane, a white dorsal-fin tip, and orange anal, pectoral and ventral fins.

Distribution: Oman and United Arab Emirates. Both flanks of the northern Hajar Mountains, Wadi Ajran, Wadi Al-Juwayf, Wadi Qahfi, Al Hayyal and Khutwa ( Fig. 15 ).

Examined material: ZM-CBSU: O010. Gb 101, 50, Oman: Wadi Faidh, Shinas, 24°42’28”N, 56°20’32”E, S.M. Al-Jufaili, Nov. 2020.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Garra barreimiae, Oman: Wadi Qahfi.

FIGURE 15. Distribution map of Garra barreimiae, Oman. Pink: Southwestern Arabian Coast, green: Oman Mountains, and yellow: Arabian Interior.