Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser, 1944)

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Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser, 1944) – Endemic ( Fig. 137)

Iranocypris typhlops Bruun [A. F.] & Kaiser [E. W.] 1944: 5; Type Locality: From a flood resurgence at Kaaje-Ru, valley of Abi-Serum, Lorestan Province, Zagros mountains, Iran, 33°05'N, 48°36'E (33°04'39"N, 48°35'33"E). Holotype: ZMUC P26475. Paratypes: ZMUC P26476–80 (5).

Common name: Pr: Mahi kor-e ghar, En: Zagros cave garra.

Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other Garra species in Iran except G. lorestanensis by laking eyes and a depigmented body. It is also differs from G. lorestanensis by lacking mental disc (vs. well-developed mental disc).

Meristic characters: D: III 7–8, A: III 4–5, P: 14–17, V: 5–7, GR: 20–24, LL: 10–13, TV: 34–36 (34).

Distribution: Tigris basin ( Fig. 138). Found in Loen cave (Lorestan prov.), a tunnel close to Seymareh Dam (Ilam prov) and Tuveh fountain (Khozestan prov.).

Taxonomy: Hamidan et al. (2014) placed in Garra .

Conservation: IUCN: Vulnerable D 2 (ver 2.3; World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2018), PC: Least Concern. See G. lorestanensis for justicication.