Garra typhlops

Garra typhlops, also known as the Iran cave barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to caves in Iran. Like other cave-adapted fish, it is blind and lacks pigmentation.^[2][3]

Garra typhlops
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Garra
Species:	G. typhlops
Binomial name
Garra typhlops (Bruun & E. W. Kaiser, 1944)
Synonyms
Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944

Three other cave-adapted fish species are known from Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and the Zagroz blind loach (Eidinemacheilus smithi).^[4][5][6] In the general region there are three additional cavefish species, all Iraqi cypriniforms: Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, Caecocypris basimi, Typhlogarra widdowsoni.^[7][8]

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018) [amended version of 1996 assessment]. "Garra typhlops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T10849A135918652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10849A135918652.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garra typhlops". FishBase. January 2016 version.
3. Farashi, A.; Kaboli, M.; Rezaei, H.R.; Naghavi, M.R.; Rahimian, H.; Coad, B.W. (2014). "Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)". ZooKeys (374): 69–77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.374.6617. PMC 3909813. PMID 24493966.
4. Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
5. Segherloo, I.H.; Ghaedrahmati, N.; Freyhof, J. (2016). "Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4147 (4): 466–476. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.7. PMID 27515629.
6. Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (2016). "Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, A New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 133–148.
7. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
8. 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4173.3.2. PMID 27701182.