Typhlogarra widdowsoni

Typhlogarra widdowsoni
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. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Typhlogarra widdowsoni" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
  3. Freyhof, J. (2013). "Caecocypris basimi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. 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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