Ichthyodiversity in southeastern Arabian Peninsula: Annotated checklist taxonomy, short description and distribution of Inland fishes of Oman Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza 0000-0002-9736-397X hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X hresmaeili@shirazu.ac.ir Author Jufaili, Saud Al 0000-0002-0930-5754 Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, Sultan Qaboos University, P. O Box 34 Al Khod 123 Muscat, Oman. sjufaily @ squ. edu. om; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0930 - 5754 sjufaily@squ.edu.om Author Masoumi, Amir Hassan 0000-0003-3509-2964 amirhassanmasoomi @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3509 - 2964 amirhassanmasoomi@gmail.com Author Zarei, Fatah 0000-0001-5552-4301 fataahzarei @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5552 - 4301 fataahzarei@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-12 5134 4 451 503 journal article 55549 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.1 aa696fc1-e783-4df4-b960-24dfeca95570 1175-5326 6541567 47796EB6-B7FE-4442-AED3-E664DCC9A9B4 8. Garra sharq Kirchner, Kruckenhauser, Pichler, Borkenhagen & Freyhof, 2020 , Endemic Fig. 24 Etymology: Garra : named based on a vernacular Indian name, a fish living in mud; sharq : the Arabic word for east, for its distribution range in north-eastern Oman . Common name: Dayqah Garra, Sharq Garra . Taxonomy: Garra sharq was described by Kirchner [S.], Kruckenhauser [L.], Pichler [A.], Borkenhagen [K.] & Freyhof [J.] 2020:538, figs. 13-16 [Zootaxa 4751 (no. 3)] Qifayfah , Oman , 22.915°N , 58.425°E . Holotype : NMW-100002. Paratypes : FSJF , NMW . Plus additional non-type material . FIGURE 24. Garra sharq , Oman: Wadi Al Arbeieen. Short description: Garra sharq is differentiated from the other species of Garra in the Hajar Mountains e.g., G. barreimiae by absence of orange spot at the upper opercle (vs. presence) and a white dorsal fin tip (vs. presence), and by having 10–14 gill rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch (vs. 15–18). It is distinguished 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). Garra sharq is distinguished from G. shamal by absence of a white dorsal-fin tip (vs. presence), orange scales on the flank usually present (vs. usually absent) and having black dorsal-fin membranes (vs. hyaline, brown, grey, often hyaline in proximal and black on distal portion). Distribution: Wadi Dayqah basin north-eastern; Ibra, Al Sharqiya Governorate; Qufaifa, Al Sharqiya Governorate; Al Hajr, Ibri, Al Dhahira Governorate, Oman ( Fig. 25 ). Examined material: ZM-CBSU: O009. Gq 101, 10, Oman : Wadi Arabieen , 23°04’47”N , 59°02’32”E , H. R Esmaeili, S.M . Al-Jufaili, A. H Masoumi, Sep. 2021 . ZM-CBSU: O011. Gq 111, 8, Oman : Qufaifa , 22°55’30”N , 58°25’30”E , S.M. Al-Jufaili , Nov. 2020 .