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Garra cavernicola, a new species from the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with a short discussion on monophyly and the description of evolutionarily young species
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Freyhof, Jörg (2025): Garra cavernicola, a new species from the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with a short discussion on monophyly and the description of evolutionarily young species. Zootaxa 5601 (2): 335-345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.7
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