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Iraq blind barb

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(Redirected from Garra widdowsoni) Species of fish Not to be confused with Iran cave barb.

Iraq blind barb
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Garra
Species: G. widdowsoni
Binomial name
Garra widdowsoni
(Trewavas, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Typhlogarra widdowsoni Trewavas, 1955

Garra widdowsoni, commonly known as the Iraq blind barb or Haditha cave garra, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to underground water systems near Haditha in Iraq. Although traditionally placed in its own genus Typhlogarra, this is not supported by genetic evidence, leading to its move to genus Garra. This cavefish is considered critically endangered because of water extraction, which has lowered the groundwater level. Once abundant, a survey in 2012 found that it now was very rare. Another species from the same place, Caecocypris basimi, may already be extinct. The only other known cavefish in Iraq is Eidinemacheilus proudlovei.

References

  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2018) . "Garra widdowsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22601A135918807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T22601A135918807.en. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garra widdowsoni". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  3. Hamidan, N.H.; M.F. Geiger; J. Freyhof (2014). "Garra jordanica, a new species from the Dead Sea basin with remarks on the relationship of G. ghorensis, G. tibanica and G. rufa (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 25 (3): 223–236.
  4. Esmaeli, H.R.; G. Sayyadzadeh; B.W. Coad; S. Eagderi. "Review of the genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 in Iran with description of a new species: a morpho-molecular approach (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Iran. J. Ichthyol. 3 (2): 82–121.
  5. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Caecocypris basimi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T3450A19006223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T3450A19006223.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. Freyhof, J.; Abdullah, Y.S.; Ararat, K.; Ibrahim, H.; & Geiger, M.F. (2016): Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4173 (3): 225-236.
Taxon identifiers
Garra widdowsoni
Typhlogarra widdowsoni


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