Garra roseae, Mousavi-Sabet, Saemi-Komsari, Doadrio & Freyhof, 2019

Garra roseae View in CoL View Figure

Common name. Tang-e Sarhe garra.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Persian Gulf and endorheic basins in Iran by: ● barbels absent / ○ chest without scales / ○ belly and predorsal midline covered by scales / ○ gular disc small / ○ 7½–8½ transverse scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ 6½ transverse scale rows between lateral line and pelvic origin / ○ no axillary scale at pelvic origin / ○ 11−13 total gill rakers / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ lateral and distal margin of labrum of gular disc free from skin of chin / ○ body brown or grey usually mottled / ○ eye fully developed. Size up to 51 mm SL.

Distribution View Figure . Iran: Tang-e Sarhe in Makran region.

Habitat. Springs and slow-flowing streams.

Biology. No data

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.

Further reading. Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2019a (description).