Garra typhlops explained

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.^[1]

Three other cave-adapted fish species are known from Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and the Zagroz blind loach (Eidinemacheilus smithi).^{[2] [3] [4]} In the general region there are three additional cavefish species, all Iraqi cypriniforms: Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, Caecocypris basimi, Typhlogarra widdowsoni.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.3897/zookeys.374.6617. 24493966. 3909813. free.
2. 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.
3. Segherloo. I.H.. Ghaedrahmati. N.. Freyhof. J.. 2016. Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa. 4147. 4. 466–476. 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.7. 27515629.
4. 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.
5. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes.
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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.3.2. 27701182 . free .