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- <p><b><i>Garra elegans</i></b></p><p><b>Common name.</b> Mesopotamian garra.</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b> Distinguished from <i>Garra</i> in Persian Gulf and endorheic basins in Iran by: ● lateral and distal margin of labrum fused with chin skin /○ chest and anterior belly without scales / ○ mid-dorsal area in front of dorsal origin covered by scales / ○ 9+8 branched caudal rays / ○ 17−20 gill rakers / ○ two pairs of normally developed barbels / ○ body brown or grey, usually mottled / ○ eye fully developed. Size up to 87 mm SL.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b> Iraq: Lower Lesser Zab and main stem of Tigris.</p><p><b>Habitat.</b> Large lowland rivers.</p><p><b>Biology.</b> No data.</p><p><b>Conservation status.</b> LC; very poorly known.</p><p><b>Remarks</b>. Distribution very poorly known but thought to occur mainly in lower parts of large rivers. Previously placed in <i>Tylognathus</i>, <i>Hemigarra,</i> or <i>Hemigrammocapoeta</i>. Molecular markers place it close to <i>G. amirhosseini</i>. <i>Garra elegans</i> is usually described as lacking a gular disc, but the disc is fully attached to the chin.</p><p><b>Further reading.</b> Behrens-Chapuis et al. 2015 (molecular phylogeny); Freyhof 2016b (description).</p>