FB-68258 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68258 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Chlopsidae Chlopsis Chlopsis nanhaiensis Tighe, Ho, Pogonoski & Hibino, 2015 2017-06-29 2017-06-30 Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi0 Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529) FB-GeneralDescr-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 Inhabits subterranean limestone cave (Ref. 115529). Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi 2016 Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2017-07-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 Garra tashanensis is distinguished from all other congeners by the absence of pigment and eyes (vs. presence of eyes and pigments in all epigean species), by having a round mental disc (vs. absence of mental disc in G. typhlops; elliptical mental disc in G. lorestanensis), two pairs of barbels (vs. three pairs of barbels in the subterranean loaches, E. smithi and E. proudlovei; and one pair of barbels in G. variabilis), rostral cap well-developed (rostral cap poorly developed in G. lorestanensis), and rare scales on anterior body (vs. body fully covered by scales or scales restricted to lateral midline in G. widdowsoni; naked body in G. lorestanensis) (Ref. 115529). Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi 2016 Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529) FB-Morphology-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2017-07-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi 2016 Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529) FB-Distribution-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2017-07-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 Asia: Tashan Cave, Tigris River drainage in Iran. Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi 2016 Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529) FB-Uses-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 2.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 115529)) Mousavi-Sabet, H., S. Vatandoust, Y. Fatemi and S. Eagderi 2016 Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 1(3):133-148. (Ref. 115529) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68268 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2017-07-07 00:00:00 2021-09-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68268 benthopelagic; freshwater