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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); sharq: Name from Arabic word 'sharq' foreast; refers to its distributional range in northeast Oman; noun in apposition, indeclinable (Ref. 122023).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution
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Asia: Oman.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122023)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Hajar Mountains by the following set of characters, none of them unique: differs from G. barreimiae by absence of orange spot at the upper opercle (vs. presence), with a white dorsal fin tip (vs. presence), and by having the number of gill rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch, 10-14 (vs. 15-18); differs from G. gallagheri and G. longipinnis by having a strongly mottled flank pattern (vs. almost plain or with slight mottling) and individual or series of orange midlateral flank scales (vs. no orange scales); differs from G. shamal by the absence of a white dorsal-fin tip (vs. presence), orange scales on the flank usually present (vs. usually absent) and by having black dorsal-fin membranes (vs. hyaline, brown, grey, often hyaline in proximal and black on distal portion) (Ref. 122023).
Occurs in isolated falaj irrigation systems and springs in the internal basin north of Wahiba Sands (Ref. 122023).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kirchner, S., L. Kruckenhauser, A. Pichler, K. Borkenhagen and J. Freyhof, 2020. Revision of the Garra species of the Hajar Mountains in Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4751(3):521-545. (Ref. 122023)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00354 - 0.01702), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
