Garra khawbungi

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Garra khawbungi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:G. khawbungi
Binomial name
Garra khawbungi
Arunachalam, Nandagopal, & Mayden, 2014 [1]

Garra khawbungi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra , endemic to the Tuipui River in India.

<i>Garra</i> genus of fishes

Garra is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the "log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs and other cyprinids commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Anatolia and the Middle East belongs in this genus. The majority of the more than 140 species of garras are native to Asia, but about one-fifth of the species are from Africa.

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Garra khawbungi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.