Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist
Author
Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Author
Hamidan, Neshat
Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-15
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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13.
Garra buettikeri
Krupp, 1983
―
Asir Garra―
Endemic
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Garra buettikeri
Krupp, 1983:595
, fig. 21
[Wadi Turabah,
Saudi Arabia
,
20°29’N
,
41°12’E
, elevation 1470 meters;
Holotype
:
NMBA
5552
]. Synonyms: None
.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula.
Recorded from
Saudi Arabia
in original description by
Krupp (1983)
; confirmed by
Hamidan & Shobrak (2019)
, and
Freyhof
et al.
(2020)
.
General distribution.
Asir
Mountains,
Saudi Arabia
. Habitat: freshwater.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia
:
Asir
Mountains including Wadis Turabah, Adama, Noval, Shumrukh, Abalah, Noaman, Abha, Buwah, Al-Arj, and Al-Bagarah (
Lyon et al. 2016
;
Hamidan & Shobrak 2019
;
Freyhof
et al.
2020
).
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation
. Vulnerable (VU).