Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Garra

Species: Garra nana (Heckel, 1843)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in lakes, ponds and slow-moving streams, among stones and vegetation. Also found in ponds with warm, muddy, polluted water (Ref. 11028). Feeds on plants, aufwuchs or detritus, reproduces during winter (Ref. 13609).

Habitat

brackish