Garra orontesi Bayçelebi, Kaya, Turan & Freyhof, 2021

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 15

Garra orontesi Bayçelebi, Kaya, Turan & Freyhof, 2021 [N]—Orontes garra; Lahhas alhajar

Taxonomy. Original description: Garra orontesi Bayçelebi, Kaya, Turan & Freyhof, 2021: 171 , figs. 1-5 [Stream Karasu below Tahtaköprü dam, Gaziantep Province, Turkey, 36.8520°N, 36.6861°E; holotype: FFR 4034].— Syrian synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Bayçelebi et al. (2021: figs. 1-5).

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Bayçelebi et al. (2021:171).—Syrian material: FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Orontes River drainage.—Distribution in River Basin: 4-Orontes.— General distribution: Asia Minor: Orontes River drainage, eastern Mediterranean Sea basin, Turkey and Syria (and possibly Lebanon).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes.—Habitat: This species lives in slowly running rivers and streams, densely vegetated springs, and wetlands. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—No keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.