Garra nudiventris (Berg, 1905)
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819910 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF71-FF3D-2885-FF5EFDDFFC85 |
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Felipe |
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Garra nudiventris |
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Common name. Lut garra.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Persian Gulf and endorheic basins in Iran by: ○ one or two pairs of barbels; if two pairs, rostral barbel very small sometimes just a tubercle / ○ gular disc small / ○ chest, belly, and predorsal midline naked / ○ 5½–6½ transverse scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ 4½–5½ transverse scale rows between lateral line and pelvic origin / ○ 10−11 total gill rakers / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ lateral and distal margin of labrum of gular disc free from skin of
Garra orontesi ; Orontes drainage, Türkiye; 117 mm SL.
chin / ○ body brown or grey, usually mottled / ○ eye fully developed. Size up to 81 mm SL.
Distribution. Iran: Qanats and streams in Lut and Bejestan basins.
Habitat. Springs, canals, and slow-flowing streams.
Biology. No data
Conservation status. LC.
Remarks Garra nudiventris and G. rossica are very closely related and may be recognised as conspecifics in future.
Further reading. Esmaeili et al. 2016c (discussion on G. nudiventris ); Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2019a (distribution).
Garra orontesi ; Orontes drainage, Türkiye; ~ 90 mm SL.
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