Research
| Title： | Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) |
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| First author： | Zamani-Faradonbe, Mazaher; Zhang, E.; Keivany, Yazdan |
| Journal： | ZOOTAXA |
| Years： | 2021 |
| DOI： | 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.3.4 |
| Abstract： | Garra hormuzensis, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf basin by having 71/2 branched dorsal-fin rays, usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays, the breast, belly and back in front of the dorsal-fin origin covered by scales, and a free lateral and posterior margins of the gular disc. It is further characterised by having a minimum K2P distance of 1.16% to G. mondica in the mtDNA COI barcode region. |
