Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 23 - 24. A small species of Garra, with shallow rostral furrow and elevated anterior margin of snout in adults, rostral lobe present, proboscis absent, conical tubercles on rostral lobe and along anterior margin of snout, scaled predorsal region, chest and abdomen, two pairs of barbels, lateral line scales 27-29 (usually 28), circumpeduncular scale rows 16.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Garra

Species: Garra flavatra Kullander & Fang, 2004

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Biology

This fish could be an aquarium species (Fang, 2004, pers. comm.)

Habitat

benthopelagic