Garra blanfordii

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Garra blanfordii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. blanfordii
Binomial name
Garra blanfordii
(Boulenger, 1901) [2]
Synonyms
  • Discognathus blanfordiiBoulenger, 1901
  • Discognathus vinciguerraeBoulenger, 1901
  • Discognathus giarrabensisGianferrari, 1932
  • Garra giarrabensis(Gianferrari, 1932)

Garra blanfordii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra from Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia, in Ethiopia it is abundant in the basin of the Abbay River. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Getahun, A. (2010). "Garra blanfordii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T181890A7758303. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181890A7758303.en .
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Garra blanfordii" in FishBase. April 2006 version.