Garra lorestanensis

Garra lorestanensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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. ^ a b c 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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