Garra roseae, Mousavi-Sabet, Saemi-Komsari, Doadrio & Freyhof, 2019

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 210-211

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819925

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scientific name

Garra roseae
status

 

Garra roseae View in CoL

Common name. Tang-e Sarhe garra.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Persian Gulf and endorheic basins in Iran by: ● barbels absent / ○ chest without scales / ○ belly and predorsal midline covered by scales / ○ gular disc small / ○ 7½–8½ transverse scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ 6½ transverse scale rows between lateral line and pelvic origin / ○ no axillary scale at pelvic origin / ○ 11−13 total gill rakers / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ lateral and distal

margin of labrum of gular disc free from skin of chin / ○ body brown or grey usually mottled / ○ eye fully developed. Size up to 51 mm SL.

Distribution. Iran: Tang-e Sarhe in Makran region.

Habitat. Springs and slow-flowing streams.

Biology. No data

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.

Further reading. Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2019a (description).

Garra rossica ; Nobahar, Hari drainage, Iran; 65 mm SL.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Garra

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