Caecocypris basimi, Banister & Bunni, 1980
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819693 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FFD1-FF9A-2885-FC22FAF2FB85 |
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Felipe |
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Caecocypris basimi |
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Caecocypris basimi View Figure
Common name. Haditha cavefish.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other subterranean fishes in West Asia by: ● barbels absent / ○ no gular disc. Size up to 49 mm SL.
Distribution View Figure . Iraq: aquifer near Haditha, accessible through a well about 3 m below Shaikh Hadeed.
Habitat. Underground waters.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. CR; possibly extinct. An attempt to locate this species in 2012 was unsuccessful.
Remarks. Coexists with Garra widdowsoni .
Further reading. Banister & Bunni 1980 (description).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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