Journal Article
Distribution and conservation of subterranean fishes of Iran: insights from a new locality
Hashemzadeh Segherloo, I., Abdolahi‑Mousavi, S.E., Birgani, A.A., Normandeau, E., Hallerman, E., Bernatchez, L. and Freyhof, J.
Record Number:
6796
Year:
2024
Journal:
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Abstract:
Abstract Here, we report a new locality for a subterranean species of Garra in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. The mitochondrial DNA of fish from this locality is closely related to that of G. typhlops, but genomic data and presence of a mental disc are indicative of a possibly hybrid origin for the analyzed individual. Based on the genetic relationships among the Iranian subterranean Garra species and Eidinemacheilus smithi from different habitats, we
infer that their respective karst habitats are isolated and might have been colonized by surface-dwelling ancestors independently. Based on the inferences made in this study, we suggest that subterranean fishes of Iran are mostly composed of small, local
populations, a factor which must be considered in conservation planning
Times Cited:
11
Relevent Species:
Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim and Geiger 2016Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood 1976) Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati and Freyhof 2016Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser 1944) Farashi, Kaboli, Rezaei, Naghavi, Rahimian and Coad 2014Garra undescribed species [Kruckenhauser, Haring, Seemann and Sattmann 2011]Garra andruzzii (Vinciguerra, 1924) Colli, Paglianti, Berti, Gandolfi and Tagliavini 2009Garra cavernicola Freyhof 2025Garra lorestanensis Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi 2016Garra widdowsoni (Trewavas 1955) Hamidan, Geiger and Freyhof 2014Garra dunsirei Banister 1987Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Savet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi 2016Garra rufa (cave form) (Heckel 1843)