Common Name: Dead Sea Garra
Inhabits small springs and streams, feeding predominantly on detritus and algae with minor invertebrate intake (mainly odonate nymphs and gastropods). Matures young, under a year old, in a habitat swinging from sub-zero to over 40°C air temperatures seasonally. Historically also present in Palestinian springs but extirpated there by habitat destruction; now restricted to and critically endangered within Jordan, threatened by water impoundments and invasive species like Oreochromis aureus.
Category: Cyprinids
Global Region: Asia
Distribution: Endemic to springs and streams draining into the southern Dead Sea, Jordan
groverlee: Garra ghorensis