orontesi, Garra Bayçelebi [E.], Kaya [C.], Turan [D.] & Freyhof [J.] 2021:171, Figs. 1-5 [Zootaxa 4952 (no. 1); ref. 38238] Stream Karasu below Tahtaköprü dam, Gaziantep Province, Turkey, 36.8520N, 36.6861E. Holotype: FFR 4034. Paratypes: FFR, FSJF Type catalog: Kaya et al. 2021:409 [ref. 38688]. •Valid as Garra orontesi Bayçelebi, Kaya, Turan & Freyhof 2021 -- (Çiçek et al. 2023:359 [ref. 40625], Saad et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:123 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Garra orontesi Bayçelebi, Kaya, Turan & Freyhof 2021. Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Orontes River drainage, eastern Mediterranean Sea basin, Turkey and Syria (and possibly Lebanon). Habitat: freshwater.