Published August 15, 2023 | Version v1
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Garra sahilia Krupp 1983

  • 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 2. Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan

Description

19. Garra sahilia Krupp, 1983 Coastal Garra― Endemic

Taxonomy. Original description: Garra sahilia Krupp, 1983:601, fig. 32, 36 [Wadi Bana, Yemen, 13°26’N, 43°09’E; Holotype: BMNH 1976.4.7.419]. Synonyms: None.

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Yemen in original description by Krupp (1983); confirmed by Lyon et al. (2016), Hamidan & Shobrak (2019), and Freyhof et al. (2020) from Yemen and Saudi Arabia, respectively.

General distribution. Yemen and Saudi Arabia: Coastal streams of Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. Habitat: freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen and Saudi Arabia: Wadis Bana, al-Khabir, Lahej, Tiban, Murlwani, Maur, and some others in Yemen, and Wadis Minsah, Daga, north of Jizan, Bani Sharfa, Gaanah, Alein Al-Harrah, Kudais, Al-Gassah, Al-Bagarah, and Haroub in Saudi Arabia.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).

Notes

Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on pages 210-211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Scientific name authorship
Krupp
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Garra
Species
sahilia
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Garra sahilia Krupp, 1983 sec. Esmaeili & Hamidan, 2023

References

  • Krupp, F. (1983) Freshwater fishes of Saudi Arabia and adjacent regions of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 5, 568 - 636.
  • Lyon, R. G., Geiger. M. F. & Freyhof, J. (2016) Garra sindhi, a new species from the Jebel Samhan Nature Reserve in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4154 (1), 79 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4154.1.5
  • Hamidan, N. A. F. & Shobrak, M. (2019) An update on freshwater fishes of Saudi Arabia. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences, 12 (4), 495 - 502.
  • Freyhof, J., Feulner, G. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Krupp, F. (2020) Freshwater fishes Fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Motivate Media Group, Dubia, 272 pp.