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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: Iran.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 109570)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from all its congeners in Iran by the following characters, none of which are unique: breast naked or with embedded scales in one population (vs. covered by scales in G. rufa); belly and predorsal mid-dorsal line are covered by scales (vs. naked in G. mondica); eye set in posterior half of head (vs. slightly in anterior half in G. amirhosseini); usually with branched dorsal-fin rays 8½ (vs. 7½ in G. amirhosseini and G. mondica) and usually caudal-fin rays 9+8 (vs. 8+8 in G. persica); differs from G. rossica by having a fully developed mental disc (vs. weak-developed) and with total gill rakers on the first branchial arch 17-23 (vs. 13-15); differs from G. variabilis by having a fully developed mental disc (vs. weak- developed) and two pairs of barbels (vs. one); differs from G. typhlops and G. widdowsoni by having well-developed eyes and a brown and silvery colour pattern (vs. absence) (Ref. 109570).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Esmaeili, H.R., G. Sayyadzadeh, B.W. Coad and S. Eagderi, 2016. Review of the genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 in Iran with description of a new species: a morpho-molecular approach (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 3(2):82-121. (Ref. 109570)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
