Journal Article
Tashan Cave a new cavefish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Fatemi, Y. and Eagderi, S.
Record Number:
3233
Year:
2016
Journal:
Fish Taxa
Pages:
133-148
Volume:
1
Abstract:
A new cave fish locality is reported for Iran, and the first true cave species is described from the Tigris River drainage. Garra tashanensis,
new species, from Tashan Cave, the Tigris River drainage in Iran, is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of characters,
including lacking pigment and eyes, having a well-developed round mental disc, two pairs of barbels, a well-developed rostral cap, no
obvious pores on lateral line, and rare scales on anterior body. Garra tashanensis sp. nov. is further distinguished substantially in its DNA
barcode region from the subterranean congeners (K2P nearest-neighbor distance of 10.4% to G. lorestanensis and 11.8% to G. typhlops).
Keywords: Khuzestan Province, Iranocypris typhlops, Nemacheilus smithi, Middle East.
Times Cited:
5
Relevent Species:
Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim and Geiger 2016Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood 1976) Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati and Freyhof 2016Garra lorestanensis Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi 2016Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser 1944) Farashi, Kaboli, Rezaei, Naghavi, Rahimian and Coad 2014Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Savet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi 2016