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Garra dunsirei

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Garra dunsirei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. dunsirei
Binomial name
Garra dunsirei
Banister, 1987

Garra dunsirei, the Tawi Atair garra, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. This cavefish lacks pigmentation and is found only in pools near Tawi Atair in Dhofar, Oman. Unlike the cave form of the related Oman garra (G. barreimiae), G. dunsirei has normal eyes.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ Harrison, I.J. (2015). "Garra dunsirei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T8917A3148029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T8917A3148029.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 17. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768