Garra lautior, Banister, 1987

Garra lautior View in CoL View Figure

Common name. Smooth Hadhramaut garra.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Dhofar (Oman) by: ○ 34−36 total lateral-line scales / ○ 14−16 circumpeduncular scales / ○ 7½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 11−17 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch / ○ chest and belly naked / ○ no tubercles on snout / ○ dorsal hyaline or pale-brown with black spots at bases of branched rays / ○ groove between tip of snout and nostrils shallow or absent. Size up to 120 mm SL.

Distribution View Figure . Yemen: Wadi Hadhramaut drainage.

Habitat. Wadis with large seasonal variations in flow.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range. Threatened by water abstraction, but threats and distribution poorly known.

Further reading. Krupp 1983 (morphology, as Garra incertae sedis); Banister 1987 (description); Freyhof et al. 2020 (distribution, identification).