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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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Main Ref: Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi, 2016
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> 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..

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; пресноводный донно-пелагический. Subtropical; 17°C - ? (Ref. 115529)

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Asia: Tashan Cave, Tigris River drainage in Iran.

Size / Вес / Возраст

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL самец/пол неопределен; (Ref. 115529)

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членистые (мягкие) лучи спинного плавника (общее число) : 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).

Inhabits subterranean limestone cave (Ref. 115529).

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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)

Статус Красного Списка МСОП (Ref. 130435)

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