Garra lorestanensis

Garra lorestanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Labeoninae
Genus:Garra
Species: G. lorestanensis
Binomial name
Garra lorestanensis
(Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2016)[1]

Garra lorestanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra Known from the Loven Cave, the natural outlet of a subterranean limestone system of the Zagros Mountains in the Ab-e Sirum or Ab-e Serum Valley near Tang-e Haft railway station, the Tigris River drainage, the Persian Gulf Basin, Lorestan Province, southwestern Iran.[1]

Etymology

The species name lorestanensis, treated as an adjective, is derived from Lorestan Province, where the Loven cave is located.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hamed Mousavi-Sabet & Soheil Eagderi, 2016. Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa 2016 (1)1: 45–54, PDF


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