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 4. Garra dunsirei Banister, 1987 , Endemic Fig. 16 Etymology: Garra : named based on a vernacular Indian name, a fish living in mud; dunsirei : named after Mr. A. Dunsirei who collected the fishes. Common name: Tawi Atair Garra . Taxonomy: Garra dunsirei was originally described by Banister 1987:59 , figs. 1, 2a, 3-5 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 52 (no. 1) from a Sinkhole, Tawi Atair [or Attair], 17°06’N , 54°34’E , in the Jabal Qara (Jabal Samhan) mountains , Dhofar , Oman . Holotype : BMNH 1984 .3.6.571 . Paratypes : BMNH 1984.3.6.572-576 (6) . Short description: It is distinguished from the other Garra species in the region by having the highly unusual shape of neural spines below the dorsal fin, being very short and not penetrating between dorsal pterygiophores, whitish or pink body, very small eye, absence or reduction of scales on breast and abdomen. FIGURE 16. Garra dunsirei , an endemic fish from Tawi Atair Sinkhole, Oman. Upper, redrawn by Rhian Kendall from Banister (1987) , lower photo by Klaus Rudloff. Distribution: Garra dunsirei is restricted to a sinkhole at Tawi Attair, in the Jabal Qara (Jabal Samhan) mountains, Dhofar , Oman ( Fig. 17 ). Tawi Atair is a very impressive limestone formation at the surface level ( 680 m above the sea level) with a depth of about 211 m . Examined material: Based on holotype and paratypes .