Garra smartae, Krupp & Budd, 2009
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819943 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF42-FF09-28AB-FF5EFDA9FAB3 |
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Felipe |
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Garra smartae |
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Common name. Hasik garra.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Dhofar ( Oman ) by: ● no prominent hump on back / ○ 33−35 total lateral-line scales / ○ 14(−16) circumpeduncular scales / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 12−15 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch, 10−13 in Laggashaylon / ○ chest and belly behind pectoral origin fully covered by scales but scales on ventral midline and in front of pectoral base deeply embedded and small or absent / ○ gular disc usually longer than wide / ○ tubercles on snout absent / ○ dorsal 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 76 mm SL.
Distribution. Oman : Wadis Hasik and Laggashaylon in Dhofar region.
Habitat. Wadis with high seasonal fluctuations in discharge.
Garra tashanensis ; Tashan Cave, Iran; 27 mm SL.
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