Garra kalakadensis

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Garra kalakadensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. kalakadensis
Binomial name
Garra kalakadensis
Rema Devi, 1993 [2]

Garra kalakadensis is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra which is endemic to the Western Ghats in India. It is described from Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Preserve. [3]

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References

  1. Manimekalan, A.; Raghavan, R.; Dahanukar, N. (2011). "Garra kalakadensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2011: e.T172369A6877878. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172369A6877878.en .
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Garra kalakadensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Devi, K. Rema (1992-12-01). "Garra kalakadensis, a New Cyprinid Fish from Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu". Records of the Zoological Survey of India: 239–245. doi:10.26515/rzsi/v91/i2/1992/160947. ISSN   2581-8686.