Garra typhlops

Garra typhlops
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Garra
Species:	G. typhlops
Binomial name
Garra typhlops (Bruun & E. W. Kaiser, 1944)
Synonyms
Iranocypris typhlopsBruun & Kaiser, 1944

Garra typhlops, also known as the Iran cave barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to caves in Iran. Like other cave-adapted fish, it is blind and lacks pigmentation. ^{[2] [3]}

Three other cave-adapted fish species are known from Iran: Garra lorestanensis , G. tashanensis and the Zagroz blind loach (Eidinemacheilus smithi). ^{[4] [5] [6]} In the general region there are three additional cavefish species, all Iraqi cypriniforms: Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, Caecocypris basimi , and Garra widdowsoni . ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018) [amended version of 1996 assessment]. "Garra typhlops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T10849A135918652. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10849A135918652.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garra typhlops". FishBase . January 2016 version.
3. Farashi, A.; Kaboli, M.; Rezaei, H.R.; Naghavi, M.R.; Rahimian, H.; Coad, B.W. (2014). "Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)". ZooKeys (374): 69–77. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.374.6617 . PMC   3909813 . PMID   24493966.
4. Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
5. Segherloo, I.H.; Ghaedrahmati, N.; Freyhof, J. (2016). "Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4147 (4): 466–476. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.7. PMID   27515629.
6. Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (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. 1 (3): 133–148.
7. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN   978-1402000768
8. Freyhof, J.; Abdullah, Y.S.; Ararat, K.; Ibrahim, H.; Geiger, M.F. (2016). "Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4173 (3): 225–236. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.3.2 . PMID   27701182.