Journal Article

Garra cavernicola, a new species from the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with a short discussion on monophyly and the description of evolutionarily young species

Freyhof, J.

Record Number:
6939
Year:
2025
Journal:
Zootaxa
Pages:
335-345
Volume:
5601(2)
PMCID:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.7
URL:
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:883FFF34-005C-451B-BCD7-752B0FB0A8FC
Abstract:
Garra cavernicola, new species, is described from the Hajar Mountains in Oman. It is very closely related to the sympatric, but not syntopic, G. longipinnis, from which it is distinguished by the absence of an external eye, reduced squamation, and a whitish, or pink-coloured body. Garra cavernicola was identified as a “cave form” of G. longipinnis, but is now recognised as a separate species following the ‘Evolutionary Species Concept’, with an evolutionary trajectory distinct from those of G. longipinnis. As G. cavernicola is nested within the G. longipinnis clade, this species is now considered a paraphyletic ancestral species
Times Cited:
1
Relevent Species:
Garra cavernicola Freyhof 2025