Garra longipinnis, Banister & Clarke, 1977

Garra longipinnis View in CoL View Figure

Common name: Jabal Akhdar garra.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Garra in Hajar Mountains by: ○ scales with dark-brown or grey, bold scale pockets on back and dark-brown or grey scale margins on flank / ○ flank plain greenish, brown, or grey with little or no mottling, a faint dark-green lateral stripe in some individuals / ○ no orange midlateral scales on flank / ○ no orange spot at upper opercle / ○ tip of dorsal not white / ○ 12–14 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch. Size up to 80 mm SL.

Distribution View Figure . Oman: Mountain wadis and associated falaj systems draining southwards from Jebel Akhdar range and Semail Gap, from Jebel Kawr and Jebel Shams eastwards to about Lizq and nearby tributaries of Wadi ‘Andam.

Habitat. Springs, streams, and falaj systems with gravel or rocky bottoms. Usually in stagnant or slow-flowing water.

Biology. Feeds on periphyton and detritus.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Banister & Clarke 1977 (description); Krupp 1983 (description); Hamidan et al. 2014 (phylogeny; as G. cf. longipinnis ); Kirchner et al. 2020 (distribution, identification).