Garra

Zamani-Faradonbe, Mazaher, Zhang, E. & Keivany, Yazdan, 2021, Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Zootaxa 5052 (3), pp. 380-394 : 385

Key to species of the Garra species known from Iran

1a. Subterranean species, flank and back whitish or pink; eye externally invisible...................................... 2

1b. Epigean species, flank and back brown or grey, usually mottled; eye fully developed................................ 4

2a. Gular disc absent.............................................................................. G. typhlops

2b. Gular disc present..................................................................................... 3

3a. Scales absent; pores on lateral line present..................................................... G. lorestanensis

3b. Few, often isolated scales on flank; no pores along lateral midline.................................... G. tashanensis

4a. Barbels absent................................................................................. G. roseae

4b. Barbels present....................................................................................... 5

5a. One (two short in some populations) pair of barbels.......................................................... 6

5b. Two pairs of well developed barbels....................................................................... 7

6a. Predorsal mid-line, breast and belly naked........................................................ G. nudiventris

6b. Predorsal mid-line, breast and belly fully covered by scales............................................. G. rossica

7a. Usually 8+8 branched caudal-fin rays............................................................... G. persica

7b. Usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays...................................................................... 8

8a. Usually 8½ branched dorsal-fin rays....................................................................... 9

8b. Usually 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays...................................................................... 10

9a. 32–37 total lateral line scales; 13-17 circumpeduncular scales................................. G. gymnothorax / G. rufa

9b. 30–33 total lateral line scales; 12-13 circumpeduncular scales.............................................. G. tiam

10a. Usually 2 scales between anus and anal-fin origin........................................................... 11

10b. Usually 3 scales between anus and anal-fin origin........................................................... 12

11a. 17–19 scales along predorsal midline.......................................................... G. amirhosseini

11b. 9–13 scales along predorsal midline............................................................... G. mondica

12a. Posterior margin of scales on chest not embedded in skin........................................... G. hormuzensis

12b. Posterior margin of scales on chest embedded in skin............................................. G. meymehensis