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
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-12
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journal article
55549
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10.
Garra smartae
Krupp & Budd, 2009
, Endemic
Fig. 28
Etymology:
Garra
: named based on a vernacular Indian name, a fish living in mud;
smartae
:
named in honour of Ms. Emma Smart,
Dubai
, in recognition of her studies of Arabian wadi fishes and her contributions to the conservation of freshwater habitats in Arabia.
Common name:
Wadi Hasik
Garra
.
Taxonomy:
Garra smarti
was originally described by Krupp [F.] & Budd [K.] 2009:117, figs.1-4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 15 (no. 2)]
Wadi Hasik
,
17°26.5’77”’N, 55°13’40.11”E
,
Dhofar Province
,
Oman
. The species name was dedicated to a woman, so there is a mandatory change to
Garra smartae
(
Fricke
et al
. 2022
)
.
FIGURE 28.
Garra smartae
, Oman: Laggashalyon.
Holotype
:
SMF
31301
.
Paratypes
:
ONHM
uncat. (5)
;
SMF
31302 (4)
, 31303 (1).
Short description:
Garra smartae
differs from all other Arabian
Garra
by the following combination of characters: elongate body with acutely pointed snout tip, consistently III, 7½ dorsal-fin rays, 34–35 scales in the lateral line, 14–16 circumpeduncular scale rows, breast and belly behind pectoral-fin origin fully covered by scales but scales on ventral midline and in front of pectoral-fin base deeply embedded and small or absent, 13–15 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch, mental disc small, usually longer than wide, anus closer to anal-fin origin than in any other Arabian
Garra
and no tubercle on snout.
Distribution:
Restricted to a large waterfall pool in the Hasik village,
Dhofar region
,
Oman
(
Fig. 29
). Here we record the second population of this fish in the
Dhofar region
(
Fig. 29
).
Examined material:
Based on
holotype
and
paratypes
(see
Krupp & Budd 2009
).