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Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi & Eagderi, 2016

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Iran country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Tashan Cave, Tigris River drainage in Khuzestan province (Ref. 115529).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi, 2016
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Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817);  tashanensis: An adjective derived from Tashan region. The Tashan Cave, the type locality of the new species, is found in this region..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce bentopelágico.   Subtropical; 17°C - ? (Ref. 115529)

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Asia: Tashan Cave, Tigris River drainage in Iran.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 115529)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios dorsais (total) : 10. Garra tashanensis is distinguished from all other congeners by the absence of pigment and eyes (vs. presence of eyes and pigments in all epigean species), by having a round mental disc (vs. absence of mental disc in G. typhlops; elliptical mental disc in G. lorestanensis), two pairs of barbels (vs. three pairs of barbels in the subterranean loaches, E. smithi and E. proudlovei; and one pair of barbels in G. variabilis), rostral cap well-developed (rostral cap poorly developed in G. lorestanensis), and rare scales on anterior body (vs. body fully covered by scales or scales restricted to lateral midline in G. widdowsoni; naked body in G. lorestanensis) (Ref. 115529).

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits subterranean limestone cave (Ref. 115529).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

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Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi, 2016. Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

  Harmless




Uso pelos humanos

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