Garra tashanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Labeoninae
Tribus: Garrini
Genus: Garra
Species: Garra tashanensis

Name

Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi & Eagderi, 2016

Holotype: VMFC GT-H, 22 mm SL. Paratypes: VMFC GT-P1 to VMFC GT-P3, 3, 24–27 mm SL.

Type locality: Tashan Cave, the natural subterranean limestone cave of the Zagros Mountains near Sarjusher Village (about 600 m away from the village) in Tashan region, the Tigris River drainage, the Persian Gulf basin, about 35 km away from Behbahan City, Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran.

References

• Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Fatemi, Y. & Eagderi, S. 2016.Tashan Cave a New Cave Fish Locality for Iran; and Garra Tashanensis, a New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa. Abstract with link to PDF of full article.