Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi, 2016

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Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi, 2016 – Endemic ( Fig. 135)

Garra tashanensis, Mousavi-Sabet [H.], Vatandoust [S.], Fatemi [Y.] & Eagderi [S.] 2016: 135; Type locality: Tashan Cave, Tigris River drainage, Persian Gulf basin, Khuzestan Province, Iran, 30°51'91"N, 50°10'49"E, elevation 490 m. Holotype: VMFC GT-H. Paratypes: VMFC GT-P (3).

Common name: Pr: Mahi kor-e Tashan, En: Tashan cave blind fish.

Diagnosis: Two pairs of barbels, lacking pigment and eyes, a round and well-developed mental disc, a well-developed rostral cap, lateral line without any obvious pores and anterior body with scatter scales.

Meristic characters: D: III 7, A: III 4–5, P: 12–14, V: 6–7, GR:?, LL: naked, TV:?.

Distribution: Tigris basin ( Fig. 136). Only found in Tashan cave close to Behbahan County.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Critically Endangered B2ab(i,ii). This species is described from few individuals (50–100), found only in one locality which is formed by two pools of around 50 m 2. There is no visible water current in the pool systems which make very hard to access and study the population inhabiting in the cave. The species is therefore only found in one location (Tashan cave) where it is threatened by drought, so we consider this species to be Critically Endangered.