Garra, Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu & Jouladeh-Roudbar & Kaya, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819890 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF7E-FF34-28AB-F9A3FD8DFDEC |
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Felipe |
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Garra |
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Common name. Smooth Hadhramaut garra.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Dhofar ( Oman ) by: ○ 34−36 total lateral-line scales / ○ 14−16 circumpeduncular scales / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 11−17 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch / ○ chest and belly naked / ○ no tubercles on snout / ○ dorsal hyaline or pale-brown with black spots at bases of branched rays / ○ groove between tip of snout and nostrils shallow or absent. Size up to 120 mm SL.
Distribution. Yemen: Wadi Hadhramaut drainage.
Habitat. Wadis with large seasonal variations in flow.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range. Threatened by water abstraction, but threats and distribution poorly known.
Further reading. Krupp 1983 (morphology, as Garra incertae sedis); Banister 1987 (description); Freyhof et al. 2020 (distribution, identification).
Garra longipinnis ; Saiq, Oman ; 57 mm SL.
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