Typhlogarra widdowsoni
Typhlogarra widdowsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Typhlogarra Trewavas, 1955 |
Species: | T. widdowsoni |
Binomial name | |
Typhlogarra widdowsoni Trewavas, 1955 | |
Typhlogarra widdowsoni, the Iraq blind barb or Haditha cave garra, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to underground water systems near Haditha in Iraq.[1][2] It is the only species in its genus. This cavefish is considered critically endangered because of water extraction, which has lowered the groundwater level.[1] Once abundant, a survey in 2012 found that it now was very rare.[1] Another species from the same place, Caecocypris basimi, may already be extinct.[3] The only other known cavefish in Iraq is Eidinemacheilus proudlovei.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Freyhof, J. (2014). "Typhlogarra widdowsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Typhlogarra widdowsoni" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ Freyhof, J. (2013). "Caecocypris basimi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ 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.
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