Garra lorestanensis, Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2016
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819896 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF7F-FF36-2B1B-FD54FD48FB39 |
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Felipe |
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Garra lorestanensis View in CoL
Common name. Lorestan cave garra.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Persian Gulf and endorheic basins in Iran by: ○ eye reduced and invisible externally / ○ whitish or pink, without colour pattern / ○ body without scales / ○ lateral line on body well developed, with 6−31 pores / ○ 9+8 branched caudal rays / ○ 7−8½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 10−12 gill rakers / ○ rostral cap poorly developed, partly covering upper lip / ○ gular disc fully developed longer than wide / ○ two pairs of normally developed barbels. Size up to 74 mm SL.
Distribution. Iran: Loven spring in Ab-e Sirum (or Ab-e Serum) valley near Tang-e Haft, and springs around Tuveh in Dez system of Tigris drainage. Probably more widespread.
Habitat. Underground waters.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. LC; as with all subterranean species, distribution and threats are difficult to understand.
Remarks. Coexists with Garra typhlops and the cave loach Eidinemacheilus smithi .
Further reading. Hashemzadeh Segherloo et al. 2012 (genetic difference of sympatric Garra ); Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi 2016b (description).
Loven spring in Iran is the outflow of an aquifer inhabited by Garra lorestanensis , G. typhlops , and Eidinemacheilus smithi .
Garra mamshuqa ; Wadi al-Khun, Yemen; 52 mm SL.© F. Krupp.
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