Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 5. Elongate and slender body; breast and belly naked; prominent tuberculated, knob-like protuberance (anterorostral lobe) on snout (Ref. 42959).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Garra

Species: Garra periyarensis Gopi, 2001

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic