Garra smartae Krupp & Budd, 2009

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Jufaili, Saud Al, Masoumi, Amir Hassan & Zarei, Fatah, 2022, Ichthyodiversity in southeastern Arabian Peninsula: Annotated checklist taxonomy, short description and distribution of Inland fishes of Oman, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 451-503 : 475-476

10. Garra smartae Krupp & Budd, 2009 , Endemic

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Etymology: Garra : named based on a vernacular Indian name, a fish living in mud; smartae : named in honour of Ms. Emma Smart, Dubai, in recognition of her studies of Arabian wadi fishes and her contributions to the conservation of freshwater habitats in Arabia.

Common name: Wadi Hasik Garra .

Taxonomy: Garra smarti was originally described by Krupp [F.] & Budd [K.] 2009:117, figs.1-4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 15 (no. 2)] Wadi Hasik , 17°26.5’77”’N, 55°13’40.11”E, Dhofar Province, Oman. The species name was dedicated to a woman, so there is a mandatory change to Garra smartae ( Fricke et al. 2022) .

Holotype: SMF 31301 . Paratypes: ONHM uncat. (5) ; SMF 31302 (4) , 31303 (1).

Short description: Garra smartae differs from all other Arabian Garra by the following combination of characters: elongate body with acutely pointed snout tip, consistently III, 7½ dorsal-fin rays, 34–35 scales in the lateral line, 14–16 circumpeduncular scale rows, breast and belly behind pectoral-fin origin fully covered by scales but scales on ventral midline and in front of pectoral-fin base deeply embedded and small or absent, 13–15 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch, mental disc small, usually longer than wide, anus closer to anal-fin origin than in any other Arabian Garra and no tubercle on snout.

Distribution: Restricted to a large waterfall pool in the Hasik village, Dhofar region, Oman ( Fig. 29 ). Here we record the second population of this fish in the Dhofar region ( Fig. 29 ).

Examined material: Based on holotype and paratypes (see Krupp & Budd 2009).

Figures

FIGURE 28. Garra smartae, Oman: Laggashalyon.

FIGURE 29. Distribution map of an endemic fish, Garra smartae, Oman, with a new locality record. Pink: Southwestern Arabian Coast, green: Oman Mountains, and yellow: Arabian Interior.