Garra cavernicola, Freyhof, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819861 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF6C-FF26-28AB-FF5EFD3BFC8C |
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Felipe |
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Garra cavernicola |
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Common name: Al-Hoota garra.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Hajar Mountains by: ○ eye reduced and invisible externally / ○ whitish or pink, without colour pattern. Size up to 80 mm SL.
Distribution. Oman : Al-Hoota cave system.
Habitat. Subterranean waters.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. VU; known from a very small area. The population is affected by climate change.
Remarks. This species is genetically very closely related to neighboring surface-dwelling populations
Garra culiciphaga ; Ceyhan drainage, Türkiye; female, 48 mm SL.
of G. longipinnis and has been treated as a ‘form’ of G. longipinnis . Despite being very young, this evolutionary lineage shows strong and distinct evolutionary trajectories and represents a different species under the Evolutionary Species Concept. A second subterranean population may occur near the town of Al Hamra and may represent an undescribed species.
Further reading. Banister 1984 (finding of cave Garra ); Kruckenhauser et al. 2011; Kirchner et al. 2020 (Omani cave Garra ); Hamidan et al. 2014 (phylogeny; as G. cf. longipinnis ); Freyhof et al. 2020 (distribution, identification); Freyhof 2025 (description).
Garra culiciphaga ; Seyhan drainage, Türkiye; male, 50 mm SL.
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