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Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)

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ZOOKEYS
Volume -, Issue 374, Pages 69-77

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PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.374.6617

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Iranian cave barb; Iranocypris typhlops; Garra; phylogeny

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  1. EC project ViBRANT (Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy)
  2. Belgian FWO research community project Belgian Network for DNA Barcoding (BeBoL)

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The Iranian cave barb (Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944) is a rare and endemic species of the family Cyprinidae known from a single locality in the Zagros Mountains, western Iran. This species is Vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List and is one of the top four threatened freshwater fish species in Iran. Yet, the taxonomic position of I. typhlops is uncertain. We examined phylogenetic relationships of this species with other species of the family Cyprinidae based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Our results show that I. typhlops is monophyletic and is sister taxon of a cluster formed by Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843) and Garra barreimiae (Fowler & Steinitz, 1956) within a clade that includes other species of the genus Garra. Based on previous molecular and morphological studies, as well as our new results, we recommend that I. typhlops should be transferred to the genus Garra Hamilton, 1822.

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