Journal Article
A new record of Iranian subterranean fishes reveals the potential presence of a large freshwater aquifer in the Zagros Mountains
Vatandoust, S., Mousavi‐Sabet, H., Geiger, M.F. and Freyhof, J.
Record Number:
4415
Year:
2019
Journal:
Journal of Applied Ichthyology
Pages:
1269-1275
Volume:
35
Abstract:
A new locality is reported for the Iranian subterranean fishes Garra typhlops and
Garra lorestanensis (and probably Eidinemacheilus smithi), near the village Tuveh in the
Dez River drainage. The site is 31 km straight‐line distance away from the only other
known locality where these species have been observed previously. The finding suggests
the presence of a sizeable subterranean aquifer system in the Tigris drainage
extending for between 31 and 162 km.
Times Cited:
4
Relevent Species:
Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood 1976) Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati and Freyhof 2016Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser 1944) Farashi, Kaboli, Rezaei, Naghavi, Rahimian and Coad 2014Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim and Geiger 2016Garra lorestanensis Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi 2016