Journal Article
Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
Zamani-Faradonbe, M., Zhang, E. and Keivany, Y.
Record Number:
5513
Year:
2021
Journal:
Zootaxa
Pages:
380-394
Volume:
5052
Abstract:
Garra hormuzensis, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage. It is distinguished from its congeners in the
Iranian part of the Persian Gulf basin by having 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays, usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays, the
breast, belly and back in front of the dorsal-fin origin covered by scales, and a free lateral and posterior margins of the
gular disc. It is further characterised by having a minimum K2P distance of 1.16% to G. mondica in the mtDNA COI
barcode region.
Key words: Freshwater fish, Middle East, taxonomy
Times Cited:
8
Relevent Species:
Garra undescribed species [Kruckenhauser, Haring, Seemann and Sattmann 2011]Garra dunsirei Banister 1987Garra andruzzii (Vinciguerra, 1924) Colli, Paglianti, Berti, Gandolfi and Tagliavini 2009Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser 1944) Farashi, Kaboli, Rezaei, Naghavi, Rahimian and Coad 2014Garra widdowsoni (Trewavas 1955) Hamidan, Geiger and Freyhof 2014Garra cavernicola Freyhof 2025Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Savet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi 2016Garra lorestanensis Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi 2016