Garra rossica (Nikolskii, 1900)

Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash, Ghanavi, Hamid Reza & Doadrio, Ignacio, 2020, Fig. 4 in Fig. 4 in Fig. 3 in Fig. 21. Sesarmops mora n in Paralbunea dayriti, Zoological Studies 59 (21), pp. 1-303 : 76-77

Garra rossica (Nikol’skii, 1900) – Native ( Fig. 131)

Discognathus rossicus Nikolskii [A. M.] 1900: 239; Type locality: Tedzhen River, Turkmenistan; rivers in eastern Iran. Syntypes: ZIN 10365 [not 10665] (4, now 3), 11113 (6), 11703–05 (6+, 6, 6), 11708 (6).

Common name: Pr: Gel cheraghe Ross, Gel cheraghe Hari, En: Russian garra, Hari garra.

Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other species of Garra in Iran except G. nudiventris by having the weak developed mental disc (vs. well-developed), one or two short barbels (vs. two large) and low total gill rakers (11–15 vs. 17–24).

Meristic characters: D: III 7, A: III 5, P: 12–13, V: 7, GR: 11–15, LL: 35–42, TV: 34–36.

Distribution: Hari, Bejestan, Sistan, Lut, Makran, Mashkid, Jazmurian and Kavir ( Fig. 132). Found in Hari, Neyshabour, Kalat, Nobahar, Irandegan, Karvandar and Golbahar Rivers.

Taxonomy: Coad (1981) placed in Garra .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species occurs in many localities and probably various populations and in high population sizes. Therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.