Fig. 4 in Fig. 4 in Fig. 3 in Fig. 21. Sesarmops mora n in Paralbunea dayriti
Author
Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Alborz, Iran. E-mail: jouladehroudbar @ ut. ac. ir
jouladehroudbar@ut.ac.ir
Author
Ghanavi, Hamid Reza
Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. * Correspondence: E-mail: hamid. ghanavi @ gmail. com (Ghanavi)
hamid.ghanavi@gmail.com
Author
Doadrio, Ignacio
Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Department, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. E-mail: doadrio @ mncn. csic. es
doadrio@mncn.csic.es
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Zoological Studies
2020
2020-06-29
59
21
1
303
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12822535
journal article
10.6620/ZS.2020.59-21
1810-522X
Garra tashanensis
Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi, 2016
– Endemic
(
Fig. 135
)
Garra tashanensis
, Mousavi-Sabet
[H.], Vatandoust [S.], Fatemi [Y.] & Eagderi [S.] 2016: 135; Type locality: Tashan Cave, Tigris River drainage, Persian Gulf basin,
Khuzestan Province
,
Iran
, 30°51'91"N,
50°10'49"E
, elevation
490 m
.
Holotype
: VMFC GT-H.
Paratypes
: VMFC GT-P (3).
Common name
: Pr: Mahi kor-e Tashan, En: Tashan cave blind fish.
Diagnosis
: Two pairs of barbels, lacking pigment and eyes, a round and well-developed mental disc, a well-developed rostral cap, lateral line without any obvious pores and anterior body with scatter scales.
Meristic characters
: D: III 7, A: III 4–5, P: 12–14, V: 6–7, GR:?, LL: naked, TV:?.
Distribution
: Tigris basin (
Fig. 136
). Only found in Tashan cave close to Behbahan County.
Taxonomy
.
Conservation
: IUCN:
Not
Evaluated, PC: Critically Endangered B2ab(i,ii). This species is described from few individuals (50–100), found only in one locality which is formed by two pools of around
50 m
2
. There is no visible water current in the pool systems which make very hard to access and study the population inhabiting in the cave. The species is therefore only found in one location (Tashan cave) where it is threatened by drought, so we consider this species to be Critically Endangered.