Cyprinidae

Garra lorestanensis

Garra lorestanensis

Carp from the Persian Gulf

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Garra lorestanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra known from the Loven Cave, the natural outlet of a subterranean limestone system of the Zagros Mountains in the Ab-e Sirum or Ab-e Serum Valley near Tang-e Haft railway station, the Tigris River drainage, the Persian Gulf Basin, Lorestan Province, southwestern Iran.