Garra tibanica, Trewavas, 1941
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819949 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF41-FF0D-2885-FD00FDCAFAD2 |
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Felipe |
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Garra tibanica |
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Common name. Hijaz garra.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Dhofar ( Oman ) by: ○ 34−36, very rarely 32, 33 or 37, 38 total lateral-line scales / ○ 16−18, very rarely 14, 15 or 20 circumpeduncular scales / ○ 6−8½, usually 7½, branched dorsal rays / ○ 6−17, usually 9−15, gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch / ○ gular disc of considerably variable shape and size, usually wider than long / ○ chest and belly usually covered by scales, scales may be embedded and barely overlapping or partly absent leaving some naked areas / ○ tubercles on snout usually present / ○ dorsal membrane hyaline or pale-brown with black spots at bases of branched rays / ○ groove between tip of snout and nostrils shallow or absent / ○ eye fully developed. Size up to 131 mm SL.
Distribution. Wadi Hajr in Yemen to Khaibar area in Saudi Arabia.
Habitat. Wadis with high seasonal fluctuations in discharge.
Biology. Observed moving over short distances on land, climbing steep, moist rocky surfaces, especially near waterfalls, to reach higher pools.
Conservation status. LC.
Remarks. Garra tibanica was synonymised with G. quadrimaculata from Ethiopia, a view not supported by later studies. Garra brittoni , Garra tibanica dhamarica , Garra tibanica elbahrica , Garra tibanica kasaba , Garra tibanica multaka , Garra tibanica nakalani , Garra tibanica scorteccii , and Garra tibanica yemenica , which are all from Yemen, are treated as synonyms of Garra tibanica . New fieldworks should test this hypothesis.
Further reading. Trewavas 1941 (description); Krupp 1983 (revised diagnosis); Balletto & Spanò 1977 (description, subspecies); Hamidan et al. 2014 (phylogeny); Freyhof et al. 2020 (distribution, identification).
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