Garra mondica, a new species from the Mond River drainage with remarks on the genus Garra from the Persian Gulf basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Author Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza Author Freyhof, Jörg text Zootaxa 2015 4048 1 75 89 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.4 a697d038-f186-4d33-8430-1e1e3fb534d5 1175-5326 290096 B90AB89E-05ED-44F0-B78C-EBECF5DEC02D Key to species of Garra in the Persian Gulf basin 1a Subterranean species, body whitish or pink; eye absent........................................................ 2 1b Epigean species, body brown or grey, usually mottled; eye fully developed....................................... 3 2a Mental disc absent; body naked................................................................. G. typhlops 2a Mental disc present; body fully covered by scales or scales restricted to lateral midline.................... G. widdowsoni 3a One pair of barbels.......................................................................... G. variabilis 3b Two pairs of barbels................................................................................... 4 4a Usually 8+8 branched caudal-fin rays............................................................... G. persica 4b Usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays...................................................................... 5 5a Breast, anterior belly and mid-dorsal area in front of dorsal-fin origin naked, usually 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays G. mondica 5b Mid-dorsal area in front of dorsal-fin origin always covered by scales; breast and belly usually covered by scales, naked in few populations; usually 8½ branched dorsal-fin rays....................................................... G. rufa