Garra orontesi Bayçelebi, Kaya, Turan & Freyhof, 2021

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae
Max. size:  11.5 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Turkey and Syria.
Diagnosis:  This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Mediterranean Sea basin and adjacent Mesopotamia by the following characters: with 17-21 gill rakers on the lower part of the first gill arch; pelvic-fin origin usually below the second branched dorsal-fin ray; branched dorsal-fin rays 8½; scales between the tip of the pectoral and pelvic-fin origins usually 2-3; without tubercles behind the upper posterior eye margin. Also distinguished by a minimum K2P distance of 2.7% in its COI barcode region against G. rufa, and 3.9% against the geographically adjacent G. turcica (Ref. 128952).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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